WAKSMAN, Selman Abraham (1888 – 1973)
1888 – 1973
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
Image source New York World-Telegram and the Sun staff photographer: Higgins, Roger, photographer. · Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. hdl.loc.gov · Public domain
1944 CE
#1935
Streptomycin, a substance exhibiting antibiotic activity against Grampositive and Gram-negative bacteria.
Introduction of streptomycin. Order of authorship: Schatz, Gregory, Waksman. In 1952 Waksman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for ingenious, systematic, and successful studies of the soil microbe…
1949 CE
#1944
Neomycin, a new antibiotic active against streptomycin-resistant bacteria, including tuberculosis organisms.
Isolation of neomycin.