DiscoverNotable NobelsEpisode 23: Pharmacognosy - Drugs from Natural Sources 2015a
Episode 23: Pharmacognosy - Drugs from Natural Sources 2015a

Episode 23: Pharmacognosy - Drugs from Natural Sources 2015a

Update: 2024-05-25
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This episode covers one half of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, which was awarded to Tu Youyou. The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute chose to give Tu the award “for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against malaria”. Topics include Tu’s discovery of the anti-malarial drug artemisinin from an ancient Chinese text, the natural medicine movement, and the Vietnam War.

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Episode 23: Pharmacognosy - Drugs from Natural Sources 2015a

Episode 23: Pharmacognosy - Drugs from Natural Sources 2015a

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