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?

<p>The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (A)</p> 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>A Handbook for Prescriptions for Emergencies (B)</p> 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?

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

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

<p>Artemisinin (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How was the effectiveness of artemisinin initially validated?

<p>Testing on mice and observing the outcomes (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is dihydroartemisinin?

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

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

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

Flashcards

Inspiring Illness

Tu Youyou contracted tuberculosis as a teenager, inspiring her medical research.

Project 523

A project led by Tu Youyou in 1969 to find new antimalarial drugs from traditional medicine.

Artemisinin

A compound isolated by Tu Youyou, key to treating malaria.

Nobel Prize 2015

Awarded to Tu Youyou for her discovery of artemisinin in malaria treatment.

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Traditional Chinese Medicine

Ancient practice that aided Tu Youyou in her pharmaceutical research.

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Tu Youyou

A Chinese scientist known for discovering artemisinin for malaria treatment.

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Artemisia annua

A plant from which artemisinin is extracted, used to treat malaria.

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Dihydroartemisinin

A more potent derivative of artemisinin, requiring lower doses.

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Decoction

A traditional method of extracting medicinal compounds by simmering.

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Clinical trials

Research studies conducted to assess treatment effectiveness in humans.

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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

An award given for outstanding contributions in the field of medicine.

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Malaria treatment

Managing and curing malaria, primarily targeting the parasite Plasmodium.

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