Dr. Tu Youyou was recently announced as a partial winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine. Dr. Youyou has spent her entire career researching Traditional Chinese Medicine and is currently based at the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. The award comes after Dr. Youyou’s long-time work on finding a cure for malaria. Many see the Prize as a signal that Westerners are changing how they view alternative medicine. What do you think? Do you agree that western viewpoints are changing and becoming more accepting?
