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Entre la incertidumbre y el individualismo. Ética científica de la adversidad y nanotecnología en el Perú
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2015)
Practising science in Peru means facing adversity. Due to the country’s recent economic growth and despite its weak institutions, there is a growing (yet insufficient) interest in raising the investment in science, technology ...
El Paclitaxel
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2015)
Currently, cancer is a major cause of mortality worldwide. Paclitaxel is a drug that acts efficiently against a great number of cancer types and is mainly obtained from species of yew (Taxus spp.), a tree of the taxaceas family.