The Atlantic

Yew Trees

BENEATH those rugged elms, that yew-tree’s shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mould’ring heap, Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. It is the loveliest ...
Yahoo News Canada

The Right Chemistry: How the yew tree can deliver life … or death

A team of gardeners prepare the world's oldest topiary garden, at Levens Hall, in 2023. The garden, comprising of ancient box and yew trees, was established in 1694. (Credit: OLI SCARFF) The ...
technologynetworks

Yew Tree Enzymes Needed To Make Common Cancer Drug Identified

Taxol is a widely used chemotherapy drug – it has been used to treat millions of ovarian, breast, and lung cancer patients. Today, it’s mainly produced by extracting its chemical precursor, baccatin ...
EurekAlert!

Stanford scientists reveal missing yew tree enzymes needed to make a common cancer drug

Taxol is a widely used chemotherapy drug – it has been used to treat millions of ovarian, breast, and lung cancer patients. Today, it’s mainly produced by extracting its chemical precursor, baccatin ...
The New York Times

EVERGREEN TREES OF BY-GONE DAYS; Interesting Associations Connected with Celebrated Specimens of Holly, Yew, and Box -- Some Ancient Superstitions.

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