The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded ... she consulted the ancient Chinese medical literature. Now known as Artemisinin, this compound is highly effective at treating malaria ...
antimalarials containing artemisinin have saved more than three million lives since 2000. Tu was awarded a Nobel Prize for her work in 2015. “The long history of human data we have for ...
Since the inception of the Nobel Prizes in 1901, these prestigious awards have recognised individuals who have made ...
She won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with two other people for her work in discovering artemisinin and dihydroartemisinin, which are drugs used to treat malaria. Her work has ...
It was not until the latter half of 1971, when pharmaceutical chemist Tu Youyou was rereading the Zhou Hou Bei Ji Fang as ...