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Tu Youyou
EditTu Youyou (屠呦呦), born in 1930 in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, is a Chinese pharmaceutical chemist and malariologist best known for discovering artemisinin (Qinghaosu), a groundbreaking antimalarial compound derived from traditional Chinese medicine. Her work has saved millions of lives and earned her global recognition, including the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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