Tu Youyou was born in Zhejiang Province, China, on 30 December, 1930.She studied medicine at Peking University Health Science Centre. Later, she studied Chinese medicine for two and a half years with experts in the field from whom she gained a deep knowledge about traditional practices.

In 1969, Tu Youyou was chosen to establish a team to find a cure for malaria-i disease that killed millions of people every year. Across the world, scientists had been trying to find a cure. They tested more than 240,000 chemicals with no success. However, Tu Youyou had an idea that Chinese herbs might hold the secret. She and her team began using modern research methods to study these Chinese herbs one by one.

This was not an easy task. The reason why this was difficult was that the team had limited resources. They did not have enough staff, and the laboratory in which they worked had poor air quality. However, after hundreds of failed experiments, they eventually came across a promising chemical. It worked well in experiments on animals, but they had to know if it was safe for humans. Tu Youyou bravely volunteered to be the first human subject when they were ready to start testing and the rest of her team followed her. The test was a success. The medicine they discovered, artemisinin, has now become the world's most effective drug for fighting malaria.

Even though Tu Youyou is not interested in fame, she has become a scientist whose work is internationally known. In 2019, she was selected by the BBC as one of the most influential figures of science in the 20th Century along with Albert Einstein. Tu Youyou was known for her bravery in being a scientist during a difficult time for science in China, her ability to use old wisdom and new methods to achieve her goals and the fact that her work bridged the Eastern and Western worlds,saving millions of lives. Today Tu Youyou continues to conduct research despite her age. According to Tu Youyou, “From our research experience in discovering artemisinin, we learnt the wisdom' behind both Chinese and. Western medicine. There is great potential for future advances if these two kinds of wisdom can be fully integrated(结合),” she said.

人物身份	杰出科学家和我国航天事业的先驱
生平活动	*1911年12月11日出生于浙江杭州一个富裕之家,少时天资聪颖,被称为“神童”。 *1934年毕业于上海交通大学,其后前往美国深造并获得航空学博士学位。 *1955年回国,毕生从事航天科技事业,参与火箭和导弹的开发研制,开启中国航天时代。 *2009年11月于北京逝世。
成就/评价	成就斐然,被誉为“中国航天之父”和“火箭大王”。

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