As a result of Tu Tsung-ming's farsightedness, the snake serum research was extended from the medical school to TIU as a whole, and then was passed along to NTU. This research area has been pursued at the university for 70 years without interruption, and was the first field of academic research in Taiwan.
由於杜聰明的真知灼見，蛇毒研究從醫學校延續到台北帝大，又從台北帝大傳到台大醫學院，貫穿近七十年而不輟，成為台灣學術土壤中第一株開花結果的大樹。