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Isolated artemisinin following an antimalarial plant-extract research program, creating a new foundation for malaria drug development.
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Scientific scope
The 1972 isolation milestone is distinguished from the 1971 extract, 1973 artemisinin trials and later derivative drugs. Tu’s team and wider Project 523 collaborations are not reduced to a sole-inventor claim.
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People and systems
Youyou Tu
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Documented countries / regions: China
Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine; source distinguishes work across collaborating Chinese institutes.
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Artemisinin: a new approach to malaria treatment
Isolated artemisinin following an antimalarial plant-extract research program, creating a new foundation for malaria drug development.
Scientific scope
The 1972 isolation milestone is distinguished from the 1971 extract, 1973 artemisinin trials and later derivative drugs. Tu’s team and wider Project 523 collaborations are not reduced to a sole-inventor claim.
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This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.
People and systems
Youyou Tu
Named source contributors to a historical development; individual attribution is incomplete.