屠呦呦

去年，85岁的药学家屠呦呦因在上世纪70年代开发用来治疗疟疾的青蒿素（artemisinin）赢得诺贝尔奖。

Tu Youyou , an 85 year-old chemist , won last year 's prize for her work in the 1970s developing artemisinin as a malaria treatment .

屠呦呦因为开发了抗击疟疾的药物青蒿素，因而在今年10月获得了诺贝尔医学奖。

Tu won 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in early October for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria , artemisinin .

屠呦呦因为研发了一款拯救生命的疟疾药物-青蒿素而获奖，它是一种主要的中国传统药物，已经挽救了全球成百上千万病患的生命。

Tu won the prize for developing a lifesaving malaria drug , artemisinin , a staple of traditionalChinese medicine , which has helped save millions of lives across the globe .

中国科学家屠呦呦因创制新型抗疟药而同时获奖，该药材的使用能够显著降低疟疾患者的死亡率。

The Chinese scientist Tu Youyou was awarded the other half of the prize for discovering artemisinin , a drug that has significantly reduced the mortality rates for patients suffering from malaria .

自从上世纪70年代治疗疟疾的青蒿素问世以来，中国还没有为全球市场研制出过一款新药。青蒿素是一次突破，化学家屠呦呦因此在去年荣获诺贝尔医学奖。

China has not produced a new drug for the global market since artemisinin for malaria in the 1970s - a breakthrough for which chemist Tu Youyou was awarded a Nobel Prize last year .