Academician D.Batsuren has been awarded the Natural and Social Sciences Award for his thesis entitled the “Unique principle of synthesis of secondary metabolites in the medical herbs of Mongolia – a potential new agent for curing cancers”. The award, which has a MNT 100 million cash prize, is presented every year.

D.Batsuren's discoveries are being studied in more than 150 countries. The Mongolian academician has been conducting research and experiments for more than 40 years, during which he has studied nearly 50 plant species, and identified and defined over 300 substances. He has discovered 37 natural compounds, recovered 22 pure substances from haplophyllum and discovered 7 new substances.

D.Batsuren graduated from the Mongolian State University of Education and went on study advanced chemistry, receiving a Ph.D in Russia. Among his inventions are the ‘Amin tun’ elixir for livestock and ‘Akhillo’ medicine for curing Hepatitis B and C. He has been working on the ‘DAGURIX’ elixir for curing cancer for 14 years, the patent for which has been received from the USA. 'DAGURIX' is most likely to be useful in the early stages of breast, liver, lung and abnormal cancer.