title: Artemisinin: discovery from the Chinese herbal garden.
abstract: This year's Lasker DeBakey Clinical Research Award goes to Youyou Tu for the discovery of artemisinin and its use in the treatment of malaria--a medical advance that has saved millions of lives across the globe, especially in the developing world.
authors: Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852, USA. lmiller@niaid.nih.gov
authors: Louis H
authors: LH
authors: Miller
authors: Xinzhuan
authors: X
authors: Su
mesh_terms: D000962:Antimalarials / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D037621:Artemisinins / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001363:Awards and Prizes; D002681:China; D004351:Drug Resistance; D014943:Global Health; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000469:parasitology; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000266:history*; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D037621:Artemisinins