At 10:30 on the afternoon of 5 10, Stockholm time, Sweden, the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was announced at the Karolinska Institute. Tu Youyou from the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences and two other scientists, William...· Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura, for their discoveries concerning a therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites.
This marks the first Nobel Prize in science awarded to a Chinese scientist for research conducted domestically. It is the highest honor ever received by China's medical community and the top accolade for traditional Chinese medicine achievements.
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