The 2015 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine of 2015 was rewarded to Tu Youyou (co-winner), a committed and patient Chinese scientist, whose research led    1    the discovery of artemisinin. Artmisinin has become a vital treatment for malaria and it is estimated    2    artemisinin saves 100,000 lives a year in Africa alone.

According to Tu Youyou, the discovery of artemisinin was a team effort. Upon    3    (hear) that she had been awarded the Nobel Prize, she said, “ The honour is not just    4    (I). There is a team behind me, and all the people of my country. This success proves the great value of     5    (tradition) Chinese medicine. It is indeed an honour for China’s scientific research and Chinese medicine    6    (spread) around the world.”