1、1.BriefintroductionofTuYouyou2.Malariaresearch-artemisinin3.InspirationBriefintroductionTu Youyou,bornin1930inNingbo,hasbeenapharmacologistattheChinaAcademyofChineseMedicineSciencesince1965,engaginginresearchofthecombinationofTCMandWM.TCM:#traditionalChinesemedicineWM:#westernmedicineHerdiscoveryofa
2、rtemisininanditstreatmentofmalariaisregardedasasignificantbreakthroughoftropicalmedicineinthe20thcenturyandhealthimprovementforpeopleoftropicaldevelopingcountriesinSouthAsia,Africa,andSouthAmerica.Forherwork,Tureceivedthe2011 Lasker Award inclinicalmedicineandthe2015 Nobel Prize inPhysiologyorMedici
3、ne.In11December(BeijingTime),TuYouyoureceivedher2015NobelPrizeinPhysiologyorMedicineinSweden.TuisthefirstChineseNobellaureateinphysiologyormedicineandthefirstcitizenofthePeoplesRepublicofChinatoreceivetheNobelPrizeinnaturalsciences.“The Professor of Three Nos”:#nopostgraduatedegree,nostudyorresearch
4、experienceabroad,notamemberofanyChinesenationalacademies.Malariaresearch-artemisininArtemisinin,adrugthathassignificantlyreducedthedeathrateofmalariapatients,andsavedmillionsoflivesacrosstheglobe,especiallyinthedevelopingcountry.TustartedhermalariaresearchinChinawhentheCulturalRevolutionwasinprogres
5、s.Inearly1969,Tuwasappointedastheheadoftheproject,namedProject523researchgroupatherinstitute.Sheandhercolleaguesexperimentedwith380extractsin2,000candidaterecipesbeforetheyfinallysucceeded.In1971,TuwasinspiredbymanyancientclassicworksonTCM.Usingapioneeringlow-temperaturemethod,Tuandherteamfirstextra
6、ctedartemisininfromasweetwormwoodplant(青蒿).Forthesakeofdrugsafety,shehadpersonallytakingtests,whichledtoherliverpoisoning,butshestillkeptonworking,regardlessofpickingsamplesinthewild,orintheindoorexperimentstudy.InspirationAchieving modernization of TCM through science and technology.Tussuccessshows
7、thatTCMhastoembracemoderntechnologiesandlaboratorytoolsand,moreimportant,sticktotheessenceofthetime-honoredmedicalscience,practicinginnovationwhenusingTCMtheories.TusNobelPrizewillpromptmorebasicscientificresearchintoancientTCMtextsandwaystoexploreresearchfindings.Effective combination of TCM and WM
8、.ThereareenormoustreasureinTCM,soitcanplayamoreimportantroleinmodernmedicine.Inaddition,asimpleapplicationofWesternmedicalstandardstoTCMwontwork,ChinesemedicinedevelopmentneedsmoreopeninclusiveofChineseandWesterntomakebreakthroughs.Improving the innovation mechanism.Chinashouldfocusoncultivatinggoodacademicresearchenvironmentandscientificresearchmechanismtoencouragemorescientists.Chinaspendsmorethan1billionyuan($156million)annuallyonTCM-relatedresearch,andthatinvestmentshouldbefurtherstrengthened.Thankyou
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