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What is the role of taxol (paclitaxel) in chemotherapy?
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Kills cancer cells!: Taxol (paclitaxel) works by preventing cancer cells from reproducing themselves. In the picture you can see green "microtubules" that are pulling a cancer cell apart into two daughter cells. Taxol blocks microtubules, preventing them from being able to pull the cancer cell into two daughter cells. The cancer cell gets stuck trying to divide, and it dies. Taxol works for many cancer types.
Answered 12/9/2013
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Mitosis Inhibitor: Taxol (paclitaxel) is a chemotherapy drug. The role of Taxol (paclitaxel) is to inhibit cells from undergoing mitosis (duplicating themselves). It is used in breast, ovarian and other cancers. It was originally synthesized from the texas yew tree.
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