The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Professor Youyou Tu for her key contributions to the discovery of artemisinin. Artemisinin has saved millions of lives and …

Dec 19, 2015 · The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shared by Professor Youyou Tu, focused worldwide attention on artemisinin, a natural product antimalarial drug inspired by …

Oct 5, 2015 · One of the winners, scientist Youyou Tu of China, was recognized for discovering Artemisinin, a drug that has significantly lowered mortality rates from malaria, based on a …

Oct 5, 2015 · Tu, who won a Lasker prize in 2011, developed the antimalarial drug artemisinin in the late 1960s and 1970s. She is the first China-based scientist to win a science Nobel.

May 1, 2016 · Artemisinin was discovered in 1971 by a Chinese medical scientist Youyou Tu, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2015 on her discovering the antimalarial properties of …

In the 1970s, after studies of traditional herbal medicines, Tu Youyou focused on sweet wormwood and managed to extract a substance, artemisinin, which inhibits the malaria …

Jun 28, 2024 · The impacts of Artemisinin, derived from a species of Artemisia, have been so revolutionary that its discoverers earned the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2015.

Tu Youyou is the first Chinese woman to win a Nobel Prize for her discovery of artemisinin, a drug used to treat malaria. After contracting tuberculosis at the age of 16, she determined that she …

Jul 1, 2019 · Her discovery of artemisinin and dihydroartemisinin was a significant breakthrough in 20th century tropical medicine, saving millions of lives in South China, Southeast Asia, Africa, …

Youyou Tu delivered her Nobel Lecture on 7 December 2015 at Aula Medica, Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. She was introduced by Professor Jan Andersson, Adjunct Member of the Nobel …

This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded for the discovery of artemisinin and ivermectin, was divided between Youyou Tu "for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy …

Nobel laureate Tu Youyou won the 2015 prize for Medicine/Physiology for the discovery of artemisinin, a drug therapy for malaria that has saved millions across the globe.

Avermectin and Artemisinin - Revolutionary Therapies against Parasitic Diseases . The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded with one half jointly to Dr. William C. …

Jan 8, 2016 · The Nobel Prize awarded to Professor Tu reminds students, the public, and governments of the significance of plant natural products, such as artemisinin and paclitaxel (a …