The National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine jointly gave their congratulations to Tu Youyou on winning the Nobel Prize on October 5.
BEIJING, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- The landmark success of herbal expert Tu Youyou, the first Chinese woman national to win a Nobel prize in science, has ignited an intense sense of national pride and elevated hopes on the future of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).
CAPE TOWN, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- A senior WHO official on Tuesday lauded Chinese pharmacologist Tu Youyou for winning the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, the first Chinese woman national to win a Nobel prize in science.
Symposium hails Nobel Prize-winning pharmacologist
However, the prize should not be a yardstick with which to evaluate China's academician system. Academicians in China refer to the most senior members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering.
In September 2006, Kenya officially adopted artemisinin-based combination therapies for managing malaria. This followed recognition of the threat posed by anti-malaria drugs that proved ineffective in clearing infections after a standard course of treatment. This was particularly bad for children under five and pregnant women.
Interaction between modern science and ancient texts needed to boost acceptance
African countries have applauded the success of the herbal expert Tu Youyou, the first Chinese to win the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, elevating hopes for the future of traditional Chinese medicine.
STOCKHOLM - William Campbell, Satoshi Omura and Tu Youyou jointly won the 2015 Nobel Prize for medicine for their work against parasitic diseases, the award-giving body said on Monday.
Tu Youyou, China's first Nobel laureate for medicine, described her discovery of the anti-malaria treatment artemisinin as Western medicine inspired by long-established knowledge from traditional Chinese medicine.
Nobel winner calls for more integration of Western and traditional Chinese procedures
LUANDA - Artemisinin has played a key role in combating malaria in Angola though the disease remained the largest killer in the African country, a leading Chinese physician said Monday.