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Tu Youyou
China

Tu Youyou’s discovery of artemisinin found a solution to malaria, a disease long plagued humankind. Artemisinin‑based Combination Therapies (ACTs) remain the best malaria treatment recommended by WHO. The treatment saved millions of lives around the world, especially in developing countries. In 2015, Tu won the Nobel Prize for her pioneering discovery of artemisinin and a new treatment for malaria.

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