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2019年1月初,英国广播公司(BBC)新闻网新版块偶像(ICON)栏目发起20世纪最伟大人物评选。在1月14日公布的科学家篇名单中,中国首位诺贝尔生理学或医学奖得主屠呦呦与物理学家居里夫人(Maria Curie)、物理学家爱因斯坦(Albert Einstein)以及数学家艾伦·图灵(Alan Turing)共同进入候选人名单。该活动为每一位候选人开辟了专门的介绍页面,在屠呦呦的页面上,BBC列出了她入选的理由:
☞ She looked back as well as forward 砥砺前行亦不忘回望过去
As part of the programme charged with finding a treatment for malaria, Tu was inspired by an ancient Chinese text which said sweet wormwood was used to tackle intermittent fevers (a hallmark of malaria) around 400 AD.
屠呦呦参与的项目旨在寻找治疗疟疾的方法。她受到一篇中国古文的启发,文中写道,公元400年左右时青蒿被用来治疗间歇性发热(疟疾的一种症状)。
☞ She saw her work cross a divided world 她的成就跨越东西
With half the world’s population at risk from malaria, Tu and artemisinin’s vast impact cannot be underestimated. As her Nobel Prize summary states her work has “led to the survival and improved health of millions of people.”
由于全世界一半的人口面临疟疾的威胁,屠呦呦和青蒿素产生的巨大影响不可低估。正如她的诺贝尔奖总结所言,她的工作“为数百万人的生存和健康状况的