Eastern vs. Western Medicine: Can Tradition Play a Scientific Role?
On October 5, 2015, the annual Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly to three elderly doctors. William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura received the prize for the discovery of Avermectin, a drug that proved to be very effective at treating parasite-based diseases, such as River Blindness and Lymphatic Filariasis. The third recipient…