October 6, 2015

"Chinese scientist Tu Youyou was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine together with a Japanese and an Irish-born scientist Monday, for their efforts in combating parasitic diseases.

Tu, 85, is dubbed as the mother of artemisinin. It's a drug that more rapidly fights malaria, and isolated from a plant employed in Chinese traditional medicine. She will receive half of the prize money, and the other two laureates will share the other half. It is an indication that Tu is the leading awardee of this year’s medicine prize."

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