Tu Youyou

The story, in brief.

Tu Youyou is a Nobel Prize-winning Chinese pharmaceutical chemist. She discovered artemisinin and dihydroartemisinin, used to treat malaria; these discoveries were a breakthrough in twentieth-century tropical medicine, saving millions of lives in South China, Southeast Asia, Africa, and South America. Tu was born, educated and carried out her research exclusively in China.

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A life in milestones.

Selected records from Wikidata. Ages are approximate; “c.” marks uncertain dates. This is a starting point for exploration, not a complete life history.

1. 1930
   Life

   Born in Ningbo

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2. 1951~ age 21
   Education

   Peking University

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3. 2011~ age 81
   Recognition

   Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

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4. 2015~ age 85
   Recognition

   Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

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5. 2016~ age 86
   Recognition

   State Preeminent Science and Technology Award

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6. 2018~ age 88
   Recognition

   Pioneer of Reform

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7. 2019~ age 89
   Recognition

   Medal of the Republic

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8. 2020~ age 90
   Recognition

   UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences

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