Today, to meet future demand for taxol and to protect the Taiwan yew population from further decline, apart from UCL which has already devoted funds and personnel to research into producing taxol from tissue cultures, forestry organizations such as the TFRI and the TFB are also stepping up their efforts to propagate the Taiwan yew artificially.
如今為因應紅豆杉醇未來的需求，與維護紅豆杉族群不致日漸衰退，除工研院化工所已投入經費、人力，研究如何以組織培養取得紅豆杉醇外，林務單位也加緊針對紅豆杉進行人工培育。