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Fever, how Tu Youyou adapted traditional Chinese medicine to find a cure for malaria, by Darcy Pattison ; illustrated by Peter Willis

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Fever, how Tu Youyou adapted traditional Chinese medicine to find a cure for malaria, by Darcy Pattison ; illustrated by Peter Willis

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fever

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1304912026

Responsibility statement

by Darcy Pattison ; illustrated by Peter Willis

Series statement

Moments in science series

Sub title

how Tu Youyou adapted traditional Chinese medicine to find a cure for malaria

Summary

"People were dying! Malaria is a deadly mosquito-borne disease that causes fevers, chills and often death. In 1969, the People's Republic of China created a task force to find a cure. Working in the 1970s, Chinese scientist Tu Youyou reviewed the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) scrolls for ideas on where to start her research. She found 640 traditional treatments, and methodically started extracting compounds and testing them against malaria. Would any of them work? Courage, resilience, and perseverance--follow the struggles of Nobel Prize scientist Tu Youyou as she works to find a cure to malaria."-- Amazon.com

Target audience

primary

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