Modern techniques can benefit TCM

ON MONDAY, Nobel Prize winner Tu Youyou's team announced progress in the treatment of artemisinin-resistant malaria. Artemisinin is the main effective component of major kinds of drugs against certain types of malaria. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

For those living in countries such as China and the United States, malaria is a distant word, because it has almost disappeared from these countries.

However, for those living in less-developed regions of the world, malaria is a demon living next door, as it causes hundreds of thousands of deaths. According to data from the World Health Organization, in 2017, there were 219 million people suffering from malaria worldwide, most of them in Africa.