Taxol, a drug treatment for breast and ovarian cancer, was isolated from ____

a. frog skin
b. vascular cambium of a tree
c. roots of a tree
d. insects
e. primates


ANSWER: b

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a. glucagon c. thyroid hormone b. melatonin d. parathyroid hormone

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What was the likely fate of the first life on

earth?

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