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My Childhood. I was born on December 30, 1930 in Ningbo, a city on the east coast of China with a rich culture and over seven thousand years of history. Although it was a tumultuous age in China when I was a child, I was lucky enough to have completed a good education from primary to middle school.
Early life. Tu was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, on 30 December 1930. My [first] name, Youyou, was given by my father, who adapted it from the sentence 呦呦鹿鳴, 食野之蒿 translated as "Deer bleat youyou while eating wild Hao" in the Chinese Book of Odes.
Jun 15, 2024 · Tu Youyou, born on December 30th in 1930 in Ningbo, China, into a family who placed a strong emphasis on education. Through this, she had the opportunity to attend high-quality institutions all her life. However, at the age of 16, her journey was halted and interrupted by tuberculosis.
Tu Youyou was born and raised in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. She studied at the Peking University in Beijing. Since 1965 she has worked at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, where she is now Chief Scientist.
On December 30, 1930, Tu Youyou was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. Her inspiration to pursue medical research stemmed from a tuberculosis infection, which interrupted her high-school academic years. Upon graduation in 1951, she attended Beijing Medical College.
Tu Youyou turned to Chinese medical texts from the Zhou, Qing, and Han Dynasties to find a traditional cure for malaria, ultimately extracting a compound – artemisinin – that has saved millions of lives. When she isolated the ingredient she believed would work, she volunteered to be the first human subject.
Oct 27, 2022 · Tu Youyou, a pharmacologist in China, was put on a top secret task force to find a new cure. Her weapon of choice? A collection of ancient Chinese medicinal texts, including Ge Hong's 2,000-year-old A Handbook of Prescriptions for Emergencies.
