In a remarkable feat that significantly impacted global health, Chinese pharmacologist Tu Youyou discovered artemisinin, a drug that has saved millions of lives worldwide by effectively treating malaria. Her work was part of a secret research project during the Cultural Revolution in China. In 2015, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, becoming the first Chinese Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine who was both born and educated in China.
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