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Tu Youyou's Discovery: Finding a Cure for Malaria
By DAEMICKE, Songju Ma
- ISBN
- 9780807581117
- Publisher
- Albert Whitman
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2021 | Elementary
Gr 2–5—Scientist and researcher Tu Youyou, the first Chinese woman ever to win a Nobel Prize, is profiled in this fascinating book about the discovery of a traditional Chinese remedy to cure a deadly disease. Youyou's lifelong desire to study science and help people, strengthened by her own long recovery from tuberculosis as a child, led her to study medicine at Peking (now Beijing) University. Later assigned to lead a research team with the Academy of Trad...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
