Scary Austin@MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social
The banner image is panax quinquefolium, American ginseng. It's the source of a chemical I used to treat cultured human tumor cells in lab as a college student. My hypothesis about the drug turned out to be correct.
Because of the chemical's very low toxicity compared to many #cancer drugs, this discovery had real clinical potential. What if it could spare the use of more toxic agents?
A major drug company got involved and the knives came out. This is a true story.
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Rose-Summer-Mary-Austin-ebook/dp/B08G4J1WGJ