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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

TU (TU YOUYOU), Youyou (1930 – )

1930 –

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2015

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NOBEL LECTURE: Discovery of Artemisinin - A gift from traditional Chinese medicine to the world.

TU (TU YOUYOU), Youyou (1930 – )

In 1972 Tu Youyou discovered Artemisinin, the standard treatment worldwide for P. falciparum malaria as well as malaria due to other species of Plasmodium. Artemisinin is extracted from Artemisia annua (sweet wormwood…