The Conversation U.S. on Nostr: Tu Youyou, a Chinese medical researcher, played a vital role in discovering ...
Tu Youyou, a Chinese medical researcher, played a vital role in discovering artemisinin, the most powerful antimalarial drug therapy available today.
She found a key hint in a 4th-century BC medical text, which she combined with the insight that conventional techniques for extracting medicine from herbs might destroy the active ingredient.
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She found a key hint in a 4th-century BC medical text, which she combined with the insight that conventional techniques for extracting medicine from herbs might destroy the active ingredient.
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#WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInStem 🧪 🔭