20 15,10/0/0. On 5 October, Caroline Medical College of Sweden announced in Stockholm that Tu Youyou, william campbell and Satoshi Omura, female pharmacists from China and chief researchers of Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, had won the 20 15 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

This is the first time that a scientist from China has won the Nobel Prize for his scientific research in China, and it is also the highest prize won by the China medical community so far. The reason is that she discovered artemisinin, which can effectively reduce the mortality rate of malaria patients.

Early experience

1930 12.30, Tu Youyou was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, and is the only girl among five children. "Yo yo, Luming Literature, Wild Apple", a famous sentence in The Book of Songs, Xiaoya, pinned the good expectations of Tu Youyou's parents.

1935, five-year-old Tu Youyou was sent to kindergarten by her parents. 1 year later, she entered the private Chongde Primary School in Ningbo and became a primary school student. 1 1 studied in Ningbo private west primary school senior high school, 13 years old studied in Ningbo private Yongjiang girls' school junior high school.

1950 entered Ningbo middle school to attend senior three.

195 1 year, Tu Youyou was admitted to Peking University and studied in the Department of Pharmacy of Peking University Medical College, majoring in pharmacognosy; After four years in college, Tu Youyou studied hard and got excellent grades. In specialized courses, she is particularly interested in phytochemistry, materia medica and plant taxonomy.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Tu Youyou