20 15- 10 Tu Youyou won the nobel prize in physiology or medicine for discovering artemisinin, which can effectively reduce the mortality of malaria patients. She became the first China person to win the Nobel Prize in Science.

Tu Youyou is the first China native scientist to win the Nobel Prize in Science and the first China scientist to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine. It is by far the highest award in China's medical field, and it is also the highest award for the achievements of traditional Chinese medicine.

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Tu Youyou's early experience:

1930 12.30, Tu Youyou was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, and is the only girl among five children. "Yo yo, Luming Literature, Wild Apple", a famous sentence in The Book of Songs, Xiaoya, pinned the good expectations of Tu Youyou's parents.

1935, five-year-old Tu Youyou was sent to kindergarten by her parents. 1 year later, she entered the private Chongde Primary School in Ningbo and became a primary school student. 1 1 studied in Ningbo private west primary school senior high school, 13 years old studied in Ningbo private Yongjiang girls' school junior high school.

1946, 16-year-old Tu Youyou unfortunately contracted tuberculosis and was forced to terminate his studies.

1February, 948, Tu Youyou dropped out of school for two years, and entered Ningbo Private Xiaoshi Middle School with the same academic qualifications.

1950 entered Ningbo middle school to attend senior three;

195 1 year, Tu Youyou was admitted to Peking University and studied in the Department of Pharmacy of Peking University Medical College, majoring in pharmacognosy; After four years in college, Tu Youyou studied hard and got excellent grades. In specialized courses, she is particularly interested in phytochemistry, materia medica and plant taxonomy.

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