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发帖数: 332 | 1 Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
Acceptance remarks by Tu Youyou
Dear respected Chairman, President and Jury Members of the Albert and Mary
Lasker Foundation, Dear respected Nobel Laureates and my fellow Lasker
Laureates, Dear respected President of the China Academy of Chinese Medical
Sciences, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am extremely honored to be selected as a winner of this year's Lasker~
DeBakery Clinical Medical Research Award — one of the most esteemed awards
in the biomedical sciences. I express my wholehearted thanks to the jury
members for the recognition of my contributions to the discovery of
Qinghaosu (artemisinin) for malaria treatment.
In my childhood, I witnessed occasions when patients were rescued by folk
Chinese medicine recipes. However, neither did I dream then of such a close
linkage of my whole life to researching those miraculous herbs nor could I
imagine then that today I would experience such an overwhelming moment when
my research has been highly praised by the international scientific
community. I started research on herbal medicines in 1955. My curiosity
about herbs turned into a strong motivation after college training, and more
importantly through years of invaluable experience in the Institute of
Materia Medica, in particular during two and half years full time training
on traditional Chinese medicine arranged by the institute. Equipped with a
sound knowledge in both traditional Chinese medicine and modern
pharmaceutical sciences, my team inherited and developed the essence of
traditional Chinese medicine using modern science and technology and
eventually, we successfully accomplished the discovery and development of
Qinghaosu from Qinghao (Artemisia annua L).
Whereas the finding of quinine was largely attributed to the historical use
of Cinchona Ledgeriana in Peru, the discovery of Qinghaosu is a gift to
mankind from traditional Chinese medicine. From the traditional Chinese
medicinal literature I was inspired with new ideas at the most challenging
moment during the research process. Traditional Chinese medicine has served
people in China and other Asian countries for many centuries. Continuous
exploration and development of traditional medicine will, without doubt,
bring more medicines to the world. I advocate a global collaboration in the
research of Chinese and other traditional medicines in order to maximize
their benefits to the healthcare of the human beings.
The discovery of Qinghaosu is a small step in the human endeavor towards
conquering diseases. I feel greatly encouraged and rewarded by WHO's
recommendation on the use of Qinghaosu based Artemisinin Combination Therapy
(ACT) as the frontline remedy against malaria. For this, I would also like
to express my great appreciation and thanks to my Chinese colleagues who
made significant contributions to the discovery and clinical application of
Qinghaosu. | C*****h
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: Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
: Acceptance remarks by Tu Youyou
: Dear respected Chairman, President and Jury Members of the Albert and Mary
: Lasker Foundation, Dear respected Nobel Laureates and my fellow Lasker
: Laureates, Dear respected President of the China Academy of Chinese Medical
: Sciences, Ladies and Gentlemen,
: I am extremely honored to be selected as a winner of this year's Lasker~
: DeBakery Clinical Medical Research Award — one of the most esteemed awards
: in the biomedical sciences. I express my wholehearted thanks to the jury
: members for the recognition of my contributions to the discovery of
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