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Tu Youyou and Her Medical Achievements

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What inspired Tu Youyou to pursue a career in medicine?

Her interest in traditional Chinese medicine

Her experience with tuberculosis as a teenager (correct)

Her desire to find new treatments for schistosomiasis

The growing global concern over malaria

What was Tu Youyou's role in the "Project 523"?

She was in charge of gathering traditional Chinese medicine recipes.

She was a researcher studying the effects of chloroquine on malaria parasites.

She was responsible for analyzing the data collected by the team.

She was the lead scientist responsible for finding new antimalarial drugs. (correct)

Which of these is NOT a key element of Tu Youyou's research on malaria treatment?

Developing a new synthetic drug (correct)

Extracting artemisinin from a 1600-year-old recipe

Analyzing over 2,000 compounds

Using traditional Chinese medicine

What organization awarded Tu Youyou the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine being a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre?

It emphasizes the importance of research in traditional medicine. (C) Signup and view all the answers

What was Tu Youyou's initial research method for identifying potential medicinal compounds?

Testing the efficacy of extracts from 200 plants (A) Signup and view all the answers

Why were Tu Youyou's initial findings on Artemisia annua inconsistent?

Initial trials used a standard decoction method that may not have extracted the active compounds effectively. (B) Signup and view all the answers

Which ancient text inspired Tu Youyou to improve her preparation methods?

A Handbook for Prescriptions for Emergencies (B) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a method employed by Tu Youyou to improve the extraction process of Artemisia annua?

Using a high-temperature decoction process (A) Signup and view all the answers

What was the active compound isolated from Artemisia annua that showed promising results against malaria?

Artemisinin (C) Signup and view all the answers

How was the effectiveness of artemisinin initially validated?

Testing on mice and observing the outcomes (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is dihydroartemisinin?

A derivative of artemisinin that is 10 times more potent (C) Signup and view all the answers

What was the highest honor bestowed upon Tu Youyou for her work?

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (C) Signup and view all the answers