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Allah sends down water from the sky, so that valleys flow according to their measure, and the flood bears on its surface swelling foam. And from that which they heat in the fire, seeking to make ornaments or utensils, comes out a foam similar to it. Thus does Allah illustrate truth and falsehood. Now, as to the foam, it goes away as rubbish, but as to that which benefits men, it stays on the earth. Thus does Allah set forth parables. (Al Quran 13:18)
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“These two discoveries have provided humankind with powerful new means to combat these debilitating diseases that affect hundreds of millions of people annually.”
The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded on Monday to William C. Campbell, Satoshi Omura and YouYou Tu.
Campbell, an Irishman and research fellow emeritus at Drew University in Madison, N.J., and Japanese scientist Satoshi Omura, professor emeritus at Kitasato University, will receive half of the prize for their novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites.
They will share the prize with YouYou Tu, chief professor at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, for her work in significantly reducing the mortality rates of patients suffering from malaria. She is the 12th woman to receive the Nobel Prize in the medicine category.
“These two discoveries have provided humankind with powerful new means to combat these debilitating diseases that affect hundreds of millions of people annually,” the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet said in a prepared statement. “The consequences in terms of improved human health and reduced suffering are immeasurable.”
The trio will share the $960,000 prize money with one half going to Campbell and Omura, and the other to Tu, The Associated Press reported. Each winner will also receive a diploma and a gold medal at the award ceremony in December.
The Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry and peace will be announced later this week. The economics prize will be announced next Monday; however, no date has been set for the literature prize.
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Youyou Tu was born in 1930 in China and is a Chinese citizen. She
graduated from the Pharmacy Department at Beijing Medical University in
1955. From 1965-1978 she was Assistant Professor at the China Academy
of Traditional Chinese Medicine, from 1979-1984 Associate Professor and
from 1985 Professor at the same Institute. From 2000, Tu has been Chief
Professor at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
these debilitating diseases are : most devastating parasitic diseases: River Blindness, Lymphatic Filariasis (Elephantiasis) and Malaria.
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STOCKHOLM—Canada’s Arthur McDonald and Takaaki Kajita of Japan have won the Nobel Prize in physics for the discovery of neutrino oscillations.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said the two researchers had made key contributions to experiments showing that neutrinos change identities.
Neutrinos are particles that whiz through the universe at nearly the speed of light.
“The discovery has changed our understanding of the innermost workings of matter and can prove crucial to our view of the universe,” the academy said.
McDonald, a professor emeritus at Queen’s University in Kingston, described the publicity surrounding winning the Nobel Prize for physics as “a very daunting experience, needless to say.”
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/10/06/canadas-arthur-mcdonald-co-winner-of-nobel-physics-prize.html