《双语时文阅读屠呦呦获诺贝尔医学奖附屠呦呦获奖原因解读.docVIP

英语时文阅读理解???? BEIJING-Pharmacologist Tu Youyou has become the first scientist on the mainland to win Americasrespected Lasker Award for her discovery of a new approach to malaria (疟疾) treatment. ???? The 81yearold was presented with the medical prize by the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation on?September 23, 2011 in New York.??? Tu, a scientist at the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences in Beijing, was praised by the jury (评判委员会) for her drug therapy (治疗) for malaria that has saved millions of lives across the globe,especially in the developing world, according to a statement on the foundations website.??? In early 1969, Tu was appointed head of a government project that aimed to eradicate(消灭) malaria,and it was then that she began applying modern techniques with Chinese traditional medicine to find drugtherapy for malaria.??? After detecting (检测) 380 extracts (提取物) made from 2,000 candidate recipes, Tu and her?colleagues obtained a pure substance called Qinghaosu, which became known as artemisinin in 1972.??? An artemisininbased drug combination is now the standard regimen (养生法) for malaria, and the?World Health Organization lists artemisinin and related agents in its catalog of Essential Medicines, said?a statement from the foundation.???? The Lasker Awards are given annually to people who have made major advances in the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure and prevention of human diseases since 1945.???? Lasker Awards are known as Americas Nobels for their knack (熟练技术) of gaining futurerecognition by the Nobel committee. In the last two decades, 28 Lasker laureates (得奖者) have goneon to receive the Nobel Prize, and 80 since 1945.更多英语时文及配套试题闯关请登陆奇速英语每日时文APP。 中国科学家屠呦呦获诺贝尔生理学或医学奖　　北京时间10月5日下午5点30分，2015年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖揭晓，中国科学家屠呦呦获奖。屠呦呦多年从事中药和中西药结合研究，突出贡献是创制新型抗疟药———青蒿素和双氢青蒿素。　　另外两名获奖科学家分别是，爱尔兰科学家威廉-坎贝尔（William C. Campbell）、日本科学家大村智（Satoshi ōmura） 　　屠呦呦，女，1930年12月30日生，药学家，中国中医研究院终身研究员兼首席研究员，青蒿素研究开发中心主任。今年已经85岁高龄的她是中国中医研究院的首席研究员，