Open AccessArtemisinin: Discovery from the Chinese Herbal Garden
Author(s) -
Louis H. Miller,
Xinzhuan Su
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2011.08.024
Subject(s) - artemisinin , biology , malaria , globe , traditional medicine , drug discovery , plasmodium falciparum , bioinformatics , immunology , medicine , neuroscience
This year's Lasker DeBakey Clinical Research Award goes to Youyou Tu for the discovery of artemisinin and its use in the treatment of malaria--a medical advance that has saved millions of lives across the globe, especially in the developing world.
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