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| Nobel Prize for parasitic diseases | Nobel Prize for parasitic diseases |
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| The Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine has been split two ways for groundbreaking work on parasitic diseases. | |
| William C Campbell and Satoshi Omura developed a new drug against infections caused by roundworm parasites. | William C Campbell and Satoshi Omura developed a new drug against infections caused by roundworm parasites. |
| Youyou Tu shares the prize for her discovery of a therapy against malaria. | Youyou Tu shares the prize for her discovery of a therapy against malaria. |
| The Nobel committee said the work had changed the lives of the hundreds of millions of people affected by these diseases. | The Nobel committee said the work had changed the lives of the hundreds of millions of people affected by these diseases. |
| The mosquito-borne disease malaria kills more than 450,000 people each year around the world, with billions more at risk of catching the infection. | |
| Parasitic worms affect a third of the world's population and cause a number of illnesses, including River Blindness and Lymphatic Filariasis. | |
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| After decades of limited progress, the discovery of the two new drugs - Avermectin for River Blindness and Lymphatic Filariasis, and Artemisinin for malaria - was a game changer. | |
| Previous winners of the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine | Previous winners of the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine |
| 2014 - Three scientists - John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser - for discovering the brain's navigating system. | 2014 - Three scientists - John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser - for discovering the brain's navigating system. |
| 2013 - James Rothman, Randy Schekman, and Thomas Sudhof for their discovery of how cells precisely transport material. | 2013 - James Rothman, Randy Schekman, and Thomas Sudhof for their discovery of how cells precisely transport material. |
| 2012 - Two pioneers of stem cell research - John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka - were awarded the Nobel after changing adult cells into stem cells. | 2012 - Two pioneers of stem cell research - John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka - were awarded the Nobel after changing adult cells into stem cells. |
| 2011 - Bruce Beutler, Jules Hoffmann and Ralph Steinman shared the prize after revolutionising the understanding of how the body fights infection. | 2011 - Bruce Beutler, Jules Hoffmann and Ralph Steinman shared the prize after revolutionising the understanding of how the body fights infection. |
| 2010 - Robert Edwards for devising the fertility treatment IVF which led to the first "test tube baby" in July 1978. | 2010 - Robert Edwards for devising the fertility treatment IVF which led to the first "test tube baby" in July 1978. |
| 2009 - Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak for finding the telomeres at the ends of chromosomes. | 2009 - Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak for finding the telomeres at the ends of chromosomes. |