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Jan Andersson from the Nobel Prize Committee in Physiology1 or Medicine explained why Tu Youyou won the Nobel Prize.
"Youyou Tu got half of this year's prize for her discovery of Artemisinin, and she did that from an herb, so she was the one who identified that Artemisia annua herb, the Chinese Artemisia branch contains a compound that has the best effect against malaria2 parasite3.”
It causes fever and in severe cases brain damage and death.
中国女科学家屠呦呦获诺贝尔生理学或医学奖
It claims more than 450 thousand lives every year, predominantly among children.
The other two scientists who won the other half of the Nobel Prize in Medicine are William C. Campbell and Satoshi Omura.
"Together they collectively discovered a new compound in treatment of roundworm parasites infections. They infect a third of human population and generate chronicle warm infection, there are two kinds of infection, riverblindness infection, and Elephantia infection, 25 million riverblindness infection and 120 million elephantia infections."
A statement released by the Nobel Assembly said that "the discoveries by the three has transformed the treatment of parasitic5 diseases. The global impact of their discoveries and the resulting benefit to mankind are immeasurable."
Tu Youyou was born in 1930 in China.
She is now Chief Professor at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
William Campbell was also born in 1930 in Ireland.
In 1957, he obtained a PhD from the University of Wisconsin USA and is currently a research Fellow Emeritus7 at Drew University, Madison, New Jersey8, United States.
Satoshi Omura was born in 1935 in Japan.
He has been Professor Emeritus at Kitasato University.
The trio will receive their prize on December 10 in Stockholm.
For CRI, this is Chen Xuefei reporting from Stockholm.
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1 physiology | |
n.生理学,生理机能 | |
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n.寄生虫;寄生菌;食客 | |
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寄生物( parasite的名词复数 ); 靠他人为生的人; 诸虫 | |
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n.药房,药剂学,制药业,配药业,一批备用药品 | |
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