1、1.BriefintroductionofTuYouyou2.Malariaresearch-artemisinin3.InspirationBriefintroductionTu Youyou,bornin1930inNingbo,hasbeenapharmacologistattheChinaAcademyofChineseMedicineSciencesince1965,engaginginresearchofthecombinationofTCMandWM.TCM:traditionalChinesemedicineWM:westernmedicineHerdiscoveryofart
2、emisininanditstreatmentofmalariaisregardedasasignificantbreakthroughoftropicalmedicineinthe20thcenturyandhealthimprovementforpeopleoftropicaldevelopingcountriesinSouthAsia,Africa,andSouthAmerica.Forherwork,Tureceivedthe2011 Lasker Award inclinicalmedicineandthe2015 Nobel Prize inPhysiologyorMedicine
3、In11December(BeijingTime),TuYouyoureceivedher2015NobelPrizeinPhysiologyorMedicineinSweden.TuisthefirstChineseNobellaureateinphysiologyormedicineandthefirstcitizenofthePeoplesRepublicofChinatoreceivetheNobelPrizeinnaturalsciences.“The Professor of Three Nos”:nopostgraduatedegree,nostudyorresearchexp
4、erienceabroad,notamemberofanyChinesenationalacademies.Malariaresearch-artemisininArtemisinin,adrugthathassignificantlyreducedthedeathrateofmalariapatients,andsavedmillionsoflivesacrosstheglobe,especiallyinthedevelopingcountry.TustartedhermalariaresearchinChinawhentheCulturalRevolutionwasinprogress.I
5、nearly1969,Tuwasappointedastheheadoftheproject,namedProject523researchgroupatherinstitute.Sheandhercolleaguesexperimentedwith380extractsin2,000candidaterecipesbeforetheyfinallysucceeded.In1971,TuwasinspiredbymanyancientclassicworksonTCM.Usingapioneeringlow-temperaturemethod,Tuandherteamfirstextracte
6、dartemisininfromasweetwormwoodplant(青蒿).Forthesakeofdrugsafety,shehadpersonallytakingtests,whichledtoherliverpoisoning,butshestillkeptonworking,regardlessofpickingsamplesinthewild,orintheindoorexperimentstudy.InspirationAchieving modernization of TCM through science and technology.Tussuccessshowstha
7、tTCMhastoembracemoderntechnologiesandlaboratorytoolsand,moreimportant,sticktotheessenceofthetime-honoredmedicalscience,practicinginnovationwhenusingTCMtheories.TusNobelPrizewillpromptmorebasicscientificresearchintoancientTCMtextsandwaystoexploreresearchfindings.Effective combination of TCM and WM.Th
8、ereareenormoustreasureinTCM,soitcanplayamoreimportantroleinmodernmedicine.Inaddition,asimpleapplicationofWesternmedicalstandardstoTCMwontwork,ChinesemedicinedevelopmentneedsmoreopeninclusiveofChineseandWesterntomakebreakthroughs.Improving the innovation mechanism.Chinashouldfocusoncultivatinggoodacademicresearchenvironmentandscientificresearchmechanismtoencouragemorescientists.Chinaspendsmorethan1billionyuan($156million)annuallyonTCM-relatedresearch,andthatinvestmentshouldbefurtherstrengthened.Thankyou