Artemisinin: discovery from the Chinese herbal garden.
review · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2011.08.024 and PMC identifier 3414217.
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Abstract
This year's Lasker DeBakey Clinical Research Award goes to Youyou Tu for the discovery of artemisinin and its use in the treatment of malaria--a medical advance that has saved millions of lives across the globe, especially in the developing world.
Medical subject headings
- Antimalarials
- Artemisinins
- Awards and Prizes
- Malaria, Falciparum
- Medicine, Chinese Traditional