“From a large-scale screen of herbal remedies in malaria-infected animals, an extract from the plant Artemisia annua emerged as an interesting candidate. However, the results were inconsistent, so Tu revisited the ancient literature and discovered clues that guided her in her quest to successfully extract the active component from Artemisia annua,” the Nobel Prize committee said on its website.
“Tu was the first to show that this component, later called artemisinin, was highly effective against the malaria parasite, both in infected animals and in human,” the committed added. "
thinkprogress.org/health/2015/10/05/3709089/nobel-prize-traditional-medicine/Considering that Babesia is a malaria like organism, this is big news for us!!