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Unit 1 People of Achievement
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Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
had been awarded to Tu Youyou.
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TU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE
6 October 2015
This year’s Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Tu Youyou (co-winner), whose research led to the discovery of artemisinin,
a crucial new treatment for malaria. Artemisinin has saved hundreds of thousands of lives, and has led to improved health for millions of people. Over 200 million people around the world get malaria each year, and about 600, 000 die from it. Artemisinin has become a vital part of the treatment for malaria, and is thought to save 100, 000 lives a year in Africa alone.
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This year’s Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Tu Youyou (co-winner),
whose research led to the discovery of artemisinin, a crucial new treatment for malaria.
Artemisinin has saved hundreds of thousands of lives, and has led to improved health for millions of people.
Over 200 million people around the world get malaria each year, and about 600, 000 die from it.
Artemisinin has become a vital part of the treatment for malaria, and is thought to save 100, 000 lives a year in Africa alone.
5.青蒿素已成为治疗疟疾的重要组成部分据认为仅在非洲一年就能挽救10万人的生命。
How artemisinin was discovered by Tu Youyou
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Tu Youyou, a committed and patient scientist,
was born in Ningbo, China, on 30 December 1930,
and graduated from Peking University Medical
School in 1955. After she graduated, she worked at the China Academy of Traditional ChineseMedicine in Beijing. In 1967, th