The
Chinese
woman
scientist
Tu
Youyou
became
the
first
Chinese
woman
to
win
the
Nobel
Prize
in
science
on
Oct
5,2015.Tu
Youyou
was
born
on
30th
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Dec,1930.She
is
a
researcher
at
the
China
Academy
of
Traditional
Chinese Medicine
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who came up with a new drug for malaria(
鐤熺柧
)
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Tu
conducted
research
in
the
1970s
that
led
to
the
discovery
of
artemisinin(
闈掕捒绱?/p>
)
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a
drug
that
has
considerably
cut
the
number
of
malaria deaths and saved millions of lives.The treatment is based on an
herb used in Chinese traditional medicine.The result in terms of improved human health and reduced
suffering are immeasurable.When the news broke that Tu was being awarded the prize
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most Chinese
people
were
very
excited.However
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there
were
some
doubts.Some
said
the
achievement
was
the
result of collective efforts by lots of Chinese scientists
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so it was unfair to award the prize only to
Tu
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China Youth Daily reported.But Western awards tend to honor individual scientists who are the
first to come up with a new idea or method
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said Li Zhenzhen
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a researcher with the China Academy
of Sciences.
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The West believes that the advancement of science originates(
璧锋簮
) from individuals
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creative minds
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said Li.Tu got the award for three
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firsts
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She was the first to bring artemisinin
to her project team
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the first to extract a form of artemisinin that can altogether inhibit malaria
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and
the first to complete a clinical trial
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according to Zhang Boli
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director of the China Academy of
Chinese Medical Sciences.
闃呰涓婃枃锛屽垽鏂
(
T
)
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(
F
)
1
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When the Chinese woman scientist Tu Youyou got the prize
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she was 84.(F)
2
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There were cheers and doubts when the news that Tu Youyou won the prize.(T)
3
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Western awards tend to honor a group of people rather than a singer person.(F)