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Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B (Biomedicine & Biotechnology)  2016, Vol. 17 Issue (5): 405-408    DOI: 10.1631/jzus.B1600094
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A great honor and a huge challenge for China: You-you TU getting the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Da Yuan, Xue Yang, Jun-chao Guo
Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China; Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China
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Abstract  Public excitement over the award of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to the Chinese medical scientist You-you TU for the discovery of a herbal anti-malarial, may mislead the Chinese people into believing that traditional Chinese herbal medi-cine can be used to cure all disease without any ad-verse effects. The aim of this paper is to explain the advantages and disadvantages of herbal traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) objectively.

Key words: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine      Artemisinin      Herbal traditional Chinese medicine      Adverse effects     
Received: 28 February 2015      Published: 04 May 2016
CLC:  R593.2  
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Da Yuan, Xue Yang, Jun-chao Guo. A great honor and a huge challenge for China: You-you TU getting the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B (Biomedicine & Biotechnology), 2016, 17(5): 405-408.

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