Cancer drug came from traditional Chinese medicine
Excerpt from the August 20, 1966 issue of Science News
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HAPPY TREE Doctors use synthetic versions of a compound derived from a rare tree — Camptotheca acuminata, used for centuries in traditional Chinese medicine — to treat cancer.
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