" 2015's Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine Tu Youyou (L) is congratulated following the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm Shawn Kemp Thunder Jersey , capital of Sweden, Dec. 10, 2015. (XinhuaYe Pingfan) 2015's Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine Tu Youyou shows her medal following the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, capital of Sweden, Dec. 10, 2015. (XinhuaYe Pingfan) 2015's Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine Tu Youyou (L) is congratulated following the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, capital of Sweden, Dec. 10 Russell Westbrook Thunder Jersey , 2015. (XinhuaYe Pingfan) 2015's Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine William C. Campbell (L), Satoshi Omura (C) and Tu Youyou attend the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, capital of Sweden, Dec. 10, 2015. (XinhuaYe Pingfan) The 2015's Nobel laureates (front row, L to R), Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald in Physics, Tomas Lindahl Raymond Felton Thunder Jersey , Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar in Chemistry, William C. Campbell, Satoshi Omura and Tu Youyou in Physiology or Medicine, Svetlana Alexievich in Literature, and Angus Deaton in Economics, pose for photos following the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, capital of Sweden, Dec. 10 Ray Allen Thunder Jersey , 2015. (XinhuaYe Pingfan) 2015's Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine Satoshi Omura (L), Tu Youyou (C), and 2015's Nobel laureate in Literature Svetlana Alexievich attend the Nobel award ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, capital of Sweden, Dec. 10, 2015. (XinhuaYe Pingfan) 2015's Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine Tu Youyou (L) talks with 2015's Nobel laureate in Literature Svetlana Alexievich during the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, capital of Sweden, Dec. 10 Paul George Thunder Jersey , 2015. (XinhuaYe Pingfan) 2015's Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine Tu Youyou (L) receives prize from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf during the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, capital of Sweden, Dec. 10, 2015. (XinhuaYe Pingfan) Photo taken on Dec. 10, 2015 shows the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, capital of Sweden. (XinhuaYe Pingfan)
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- China's pharmacologist Tu Youyou received her 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine here on Thursday.


Tu, 84 Patrick Patterson Thunder Jersey , received the Nobel medal, Nobel diploma and a document confirming the Nobel Prize amount from King XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall.


""The discovery of Artemisinin has led to development of a new drug that has saved the lives of millions of people, halving the mortality rate of malaria during the past 15 years,"" said Professor Hans Forssberg, member of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, when presenting Tu's scientific contributions.


Together with her team, Tu managed to extract, through trial and error Kyle Singler Thunder Jersey , a substance from Artemisia annua, or sweet wormwood, that proved effective in reducing mortality rates for patients suffering from malaria.


Tu received half of this year's medicine prize of 4 million SEK (about 460,000 U.S. dollars), and the other half are equally shared by William Campbell and Satoshi Omura, who jointly discovered a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites.