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Al-Razi (Rhazes)
854 – 925Distinguished smallpox from measles and pioneered clinical case records.
Iran·Medicine · Chemistry
Tu Youyou
b. 1930Extracted artemisinin from ancient texts; millions of malaria deaths averted.
China·Medicine · ChemistryNobel
Ada Yonath
b. 1939Mapped the ribosome, the cell's protein factory and antibiotic target.
Israel·Chemistry · BiologyNobel