Renowned FSU chemist remembered for creating life-saving cancer drug, dies at 81

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – The Florida State University community is mourning a man credited with making the cancer drug Taxol globally available.

Dr. Robert Holton’s synthesis of Taxol was deemed a major breakthrough in cancer treatment at the time of its invention.

In the 90s, his work was licensed to Bristol-Myers Squibb, who brought the drug to the market…

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