The Nobel Foundation awards the annual Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine to three individuals. Their outstanding discoveries are looked upon as a cure to benefit mankind. One of this year’s Nobel Prize recipients is Youyou Tu. Tu is a Chinese pharmaceutical chemist, medical scientist, and educator that found the cure for malaria. Her past researches has won awards on her hopes to attend the Chinese Academy of Science. According to the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, malaria is a parasitic disease caused by a mosquito bite. Malaria was not known to have a cure. The symptoms are chills, fever, sweating; eventually leads into death.
An interviewer from the New York Times asked Tu how did she start. In reply Tu explains China’s connection to North Vietnam when It was infected …show more content…
They believe this will lead them to find the cure for malaria. They found a book called The Manual of Clinical Practice and Emergency Remedies by Ge Hong of the East Dynasty. The author mentioned sweet wormwood, artemisia, is used to cure malaria.Tu’s biggest worry was testing the artemisinin on humans; even though, the medicine was safe on mice and monkeys. Her and her team took the artemisinin to conclude that it was safe. Many scientist would have payed someone to partake their research, but Tu felt it was her responsibility to test it.
According to The New York Times, many people question Tu’s discovery because she does not have much foreign training and no doctoral degree. ( Jane Perlez, 2015). Others think her discovery of artemisinin is not an individual discovery because it was kept secret [523] during the Vietnam War. In regards of that, Tu says she led the team to the discovery of artemisinin. Artemisinin is a colorless, chemical compound (C15H22O5) that forms free radicals to kill cells. Professors from the University of Washington mentions artemisinin to also treat cancer. (Taylor & Francis
An interviewer from the New York Times asked Tu how did she start. In reply Tu explains China’s connection to North Vietnam when It was infected …show more content…
They believe this will lead them to find the cure for malaria. They found a book called The Manual of Clinical Practice and Emergency Remedies by Ge Hong of the East Dynasty. The author mentioned sweet wormwood, artemisia, is used to cure malaria.Tu’s biggest worry was testing the artemisinin on humans; even though, the medicine was safe on mice and monkeys. Her and her team took the artemisinin to conclude that it was safe. Many scientist would have payed someone to partake their research, but Tu felt it was her responsibility to test it.
According to The New York Times, many people question Tu’s discovery because she does not have much foreign training and no doctoral degree. ( Jane Perlez, 2015). Others think her discovery of artemisinin is not an individual discovery because it was kept secret [523] during the Vietnam War. In regards of that, Tu says she led the team to the discovery of artemisinin. Artemisinin is a colorless, chemical compound (C15H22O5) that forms free radicals to kill cells. Professors from the University of Washington mentions artemisinin to also treat cancer. (Taylor & Francis