OtterKnow Kids EncyclopediaTu Youyou is a scientist who found a medicine that has saved millions of lives! She discovered a cure for a very bad illness called malaria. Tu Youyou found the cure hidden inside a plant!
Tu Youyou was trying to cure malaria, a very bad illness that was making lots of people sick around the world. She studied special plants and ancient recipes and never gave up, testing many different plants in her laboratory. Finally, she discovered a powerful medicine hidden inside a plant called sweet wormwood! Her wonderful discovery has saved millions of lives, and she won the Nobel Prize for her work.
- Tu Youyou found a cure for malaria by reading ancient Chinese medical books that were over 1,000 years old!
- She was the first Chinese woman to win a Nobel Prize.
- Her medicine, called artemisinin, has saved millions of lives around the world!
