Anti-microtubule Agent

Paclitaxel is a chemotherapeutic agent (chemotherapy drug) used to treat breast cancer. It belongs to a group of anti-cancer medications called taxanes.

Paclitaxel works by inhibiting or stopping cancer cell division. Drugs that inhibit cell division are called mitotic inhibitors. Paclitaxel was found and isolated from the bark of the Pacific Yew tree. It is now produced using plant cell fermentation technology.

It is surmised that cells treated with Paclitaxel have defects in mitotic spindle assembly (framework of cells), chromosome segregation, and cell division.

Paclitaxel is a chemotherapeutic agent (chemotherapy drug) used to treat breast cancer. It belongs to a group of anti-cancer medications called taxanes.

Paclitaxel works by inhibiting or stopping cancer cell division. Drugs that inhibit cell division are called mitotic inhibitors. Paclitaxel was found and isolated from the bark of the Pacific Yew tree. It is now produced using plant cell fermentation technology.

It is surmised that cells treated with Paclitaxel have defects in mitotic spindle assembly (framework of cells), chromosome segregation, and cell division.