Tu Youyou
- January 10, 2024
- Celebrity
Quick Facts
Tu Youyou Biography
| Name | Tu Youyou |
| Birthday | Dec 30 |
| Birth Year | 1930 |
| Place Of Birth | Ningbo |
| Home Town | Zhejiang |
| Birth Country | China |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
| Parents | Yao Zhongqian, Tu Liangui |
| Spouse | Li Tingzhao |
| Children(s) | Li Min, Li Jun |
Tu Youyou is one of the most popular and richest Celebrity who was born on December 30, 1930 in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China.
Tu Youyou Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Celebrity |
| House | Living in own house. |
Tu Youyou is one of the richest Chemist from China. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tu Youyou 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
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Who is Tu Youyou Dating?
According to our records, Tu Youyou married to Li Tingzhao. As of December 1, 2023, Tu Youyou’s is not dating anyone.
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Facts & Trivia
Tyler Ranked on the list of most popular Celebrity. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in China. Tu Youyou celebrates birthday on December 30 of every year.
What did Tu Youyou discover?
Tu Youyou turned to Chinese medical texts from the Zhou, Qing, and Han Dynasties to find a traditional cure for malaria , ultimately extracting a compound – artemisinin – that has saved millions of lives. When she isolated the ingredient she believed would work, she volunteered to be the first human subject.
Why did Tu Youyou win the Nobel Prize?
William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura received the prize for discovering avermectin which is used for the treatment of roundworm parasitic diseases. While Youyou Tu, a female scientist, was honored for discovering the anti- malaria drug artemisinin.
Why is Tu Youyou important?
Tu Youyou, (born December 30, 1930, Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China), Chinese scientist and phytochemist known for her isolation and study of the antimalarial substance qinghaosu, later known as artemisinin, one of the world’s most effective malaria-fighting drugs.
Where does Tu Youyou work now?
Since 1965 she has worked at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, where she is now Chief Scientist.
Who discovered cure of malaria?
The discovery of a potent antimalarial treatment by Youyou Tu of China, awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine, is “one of the greatest examples of the century” of the translation of scientific discovery, according to malaria expert Dyann Wirth of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.