Yew clippings in UK help in cancer research
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Clippings from UK yew hedges are being sold to the pharmaceutical industry to develop anticancer drugs. The famous 140-year-old hedges, at Chirk Castle in Wales, are extensive and the annual maintenance programme takes from six to eight weeks, or 10 if the weather is bad.
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