By 苏剑林 | Oct 5, 2015
It has been a long time since I wrote news about the Nobel Prize. In the first few years, I would follow it very closely and repost updates to the blog as soon as they were announced. However, in recent years, I have only kept an eye on the lists without updating the blog. This time, I am suddenly updating because I saw that for the first time, a Chinese name—Tu Youyou—appeared in the Nobel Prize in Medicine. I'm writing this briefly, just to share in the joy with everyone.
2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine
Official Nobel Prize website: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2015/tu-facts.html
The name Tu Youyou is not the first time I've heard it; it seems to have appeared a couple of years ago, and she was reportedly nominated for the Nobel Prize then. However, her success in winning this year still came as a surprise to me, though I am of course very happy. This year's Nobel Prize in Medicine is shared by two Japanese scientists (William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura) and one Chinese scientist (Tu Youyou). The first two each share 1/4 of the prize money, while Tu Youyou shares 1/2. From this perspective, the weight of Tu Youyou's award is very significant.
2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine
Tu Youyou created Artemisinin, and her research contribution to reducing the mortality rate of malaria patients is outstanding.
William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura discovered a new drug, Avermectin, the derivatives of which have lowered the incidence of River Blindness and Lymphatic Filariasis, and have shown effectiveness against other types of parasitic infections.
The Nobel Committee stated that the three winners have developed therapies that have played a revolutionary role in the treatment of some of the most devastating parasitic diseases.
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/world/2015/10/151005_nobel_medicine_prize
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