Nobel Prize For Physiology & Medicine were announced yesterday. This year winners are William C. Campbell, a microbiologist at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey; Satoshi Ōmura, a microbiologist at Kitasato University in Japan; and Youyou Tu, a pharmacologist at the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences in Beijing.
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Why did they get the Nobel Prize?
The treatment for malaria was limited to chloroquine and quinie till very recently. Unfortunately wide spread usage had made falciparum resistant to these drugs. Youyou Tu from China is instrumental in screening more than 2000 Chinese herbal medicines before Artemisinin was found to be effective against malaria. So in the fight against Malaria, Youyou Tu has made great contribution saving many lives. Developing countries like India and African countries need to thank her!
Roundworm infection that is parasitic infections are very common in developing countries. William C Campbell and Satoshi Omura have been instrumental in developing avermictin which lead to the synthesis of Ivermectin which used in variety of parasitic infection like lymphatic filariasis, River blindness etc.
We salute these pioneers in medicine.
Want to read more about them?
1. Nature
2. Guardian
3. CNN
Why did they get the Nobel Prize?
The treatment for malaria was limited to chloroquine and quinie till very recently. Unfortunately wide spread usage had made falciparum resistant to these drugs. Youyou Tu from China is instrumental in screening more than 2000 Chinese herbal medicines before Artemisinin was found to be effective against malaria. So in the fight against Malaria, Youyou Tu has made great contribution saving many lives. Developing countries like India and African countries need to thank her!
Roundworm infection that is parasitic infections are very common in developing countries. William C Campbell and Satoshi Omura have been instrumental in developing avermictin which lead to the synthesis of Ivermectin which used in variety of parasitic infection like lymphatic filariasis, River blindness etc.
We salute these pioneers in medicine.
Want to read more about them?
1. Nature
2. Guardian
3. CNN
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