The2018NobelPrizeinPhysiologyorMedicine“ThisistheprideofChina,butalsotheprideofChinesescientists.”-TuYouyouhoisshe?1.Tu’sBasicinformationTuYouyou30thDec,1930Ningbo,ZhejiangPekingUniversityHealthScienceCenter(PUHSC)NameGraduateinstitutionsDiscoveringartemisininMainachievementsHomeplaceDateofbirthSheisbestknownfordiscoveringartemisinin(alsoknownasqinghaosu)anddihydroartemisinin,usedtotreatmalaria,whichsavedmillionsoflives.PharmacydoctoralsupervisorChina'sfirstNobelprizewinner2.Tu’scareer3.Tu’sscientificcontribution1969Tuandherteamscreenedover2,000traditionalChineserecipesandmade380herbalextracts,whichweretestedonmice.Finallytheyfoundtheartemisinin.1972Sheandherteamrefinedtheartemisininwhichcouldsavedmillionsoflives.199220112015Thesuccessdidn’tletherstop,in1992sheinventedthedihydroartemisinin,whoseeffectis10timesthantheformer.ShewontheLaskerMedicalResearchAwards.ShewontheNobelPrizeinPhysiologyorMedicine.