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Chinese, Irish, Japanese scientists share 2015 Nobel Prize for physiology, medicine

Source: Xinhua

Updated: 2015-10-06

Chinese, Irish, Japanese scientists share 2015 Nobel Prize for physiology, medicine
 
Undated file photo shows Tu Youyou (R, front), a pharmacologist with the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, working with professor Lou Zhicen to study the traditional Chinese medicine, in 1950s. China's Tu Youyou, Irish-born William Campbell, and Japan's Satoshi Omura jointly won the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, the Nobel Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institute announced on Monday. Tu won half of the prize for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against malaria. (Xinhua)

Chinese, Irish, Japanese scientists share 2015 Nobel Prize for physiology, medicine

File photo taken on Sept. 23, 2011 shows Chinese Pharmacologist Tu Youyou posing with her trophy after winning the Lasker Award, a prestigious U.S. award, in New York, the United States. China's Tu Youyou, Irish-born William Campbell, and Japan's Satoshi Omura jointly won the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, the Nobel Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institute announced on Monday.(Xinhua/Wang Chengyun)

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