An old - fashioned house of gloomy appearance, closed in with high walls, with an iron gate, and
yews, and the report attaching to it that «Roman Catholics» lived there; but
who they were, or what they did, or what was meant by calling them Roman Catholics, no one could tell; though it had an unpleasant sound, and told of form and superstition....
In the early 2000s, Danishefsky —
who is best known for synthesizing Taxol (paclitaxel), a small - molecule cancer drug derived from the Pacific
yew tree — set his sights on synthesizing EPO that would be identical to that in the body.