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What are some examples of prescription drugs derived from forests?
What are some examples of prescription drugs derived from forests?
Curare, ipecac, quinine, vincristine, vinblastine
What properties does the rosy periwinkle plant have?
What properties does the rosy periwinkle plant have?
Anticancer properties
What are the medicinal uses of vincristine and vinblastine?
What are the medicinal uses of vincristine and vinblastine?
Vincristine is used to treat Hodgkin's disease and vinblastine is used to treat childhood leukemia
What was the survival rate for children with leukemia before the discovery of the rosy periwinkle plant?
What was the survival rate for children with leukemia before the discovery of the rosy periwinkle plant?
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What is the current survival rate for children with leukemia?
What is the current survival rate for children with leukemia?
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