Non-mainstream scientist shares Nobel prize in Medicine

By: James V. Kohl | Published on: October 6, 2015

Youyou Tu is the 12th women awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2015) for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria.

Historical perspective: Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

Excerpt:

Tu discovered a passage in the Handbook of Prescriptions for Emergencies (340 CE) by Ge Hong that referenced Qinghao’s malaria-healing capacity. It said “Take a handful of Qinghao, soak in two liters of water, strain the liquid, and drink.” She realized that the standard procedure of boiling and high-temperature extraction could destroy the active ingredient.

My comment: Recent learning about the thermodynamic stability of the active ingredient suggests that traditional Chinese medicine integrated what is now known about the biophysically constrained  chemistry of protein folding during thermodynamic cycles of protein biosynthesis and degradation in bacteria and plants.
The cycles link ecological variation to ecological adaptations via nutrient-dependent RNA-mediated amino acid substitutions in all living genera. The thermodynamic stability of the plant extract was maintained for medicinal use.
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Tu pioneered a new approach to malaria treatment that has benefited hundreds of millions of people and promises to benefit many times more. By applying modern techniques and rigor to a heritage provided by 5000 years of Chinese traditional practitioners, she has delivered its riches into the 21st century.

My comment: Other researchers from China recently linked everything else known about RNA-mediated protein folding biochemistry via amino acid substitutions to the thermodynamic stability of all organized genomes. The “Holy Grail” of nutrient-dependent RNA-mediated protein folding is thermodynamically regulated.
See:
Structural basis of pre-mRNA splicing 
Structure of a yeast spliceosome at 3.6-angstrom resolution
Reported as: Chinese Scientists Discover Structural Basis of Pre-mRNA Splicing

On August 21st, the research team led by Prof. Yigong Shi from School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University in China published two side-by-side research articles in Science, reporting the long-sought-after structure of a yeast spliceosome at 3.6 angstrom resolution determined by single particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), and the molecular mechanism of pre-messenger RNA splicing. Until now, decades of genetic and biochemical experiments have identified almost all proteins in spliceosome and uncovered some functions. Yet, the structure remained a mystery for a long time. The works, primarily performed by Dr. Chuangye Yan, and Ph.D students Jing Hang and Ruixue Wan under Prof. Yigong Shi’s supervision, settled this Holy Grail question and established the structural basis for the related area. This work was supported by funds from the Ministry of Science and Technology and the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

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Other mainstream scientists continue attempts to genetically engineer mosquitoes to limit their nutrient-dependent physiology of RNA-mediated ecological adaptation. These mainstream scientists ignore the contribution of RNA-mediated amino acid substitutions reported in Amino Acid Residues Contributing to Function of the Heteromeric Insect Olfactory Receptor Complex.
They use viruses to genetically engineer mosquitoes with mutations that limit reproduction. See: orco mutant mosquitoes lose strong preference for humans and are not repelled by volatile DEET and Genome-engineering with CRISPR-Cas9 in the mosquito Aedes aegypti.
If this diagram looks impressively complex compared to claims that linked traditional medicine across 5000 years of what should have been advances in treatment of diseases made by mainstream scientists, realize is that mainstream scientists get paid to do work that is represented like this.

 
 
 
 
 


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