Research report
- ID-nummer
- 2015.023.001
- Titel
- Research report
- Objektkategori
- Dokument & anteckningar
- Publik beskrivning
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This book is the first publication describing the results of a project on antimalarial drugs. Tu Youyou played a crucial role in the project.
Malaria is a widespread disease in tropical countries. It is caused by a parasite that spreads through mosquitoes and is often treated with quinine. During the Vietnam War, North Vietnamese soldiers suffered from a form of malaria in which the parasite was resistant to quinine. After North Vietnam asked China for help in developing a new treatment for malaria, China initiated a project where Tu Youyou participated. Drawing inspiration from ancient Chinese herbal recipes, she was able to extract a substance, artemisinin, from sweet wormwood extract. Artemisinin inhibits the malaria parasite.
Tu Youyou donated the research report to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2015. - Pristagare
- Youyou Tu
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