The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952

Selman A. Waksman

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952

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Selman A. Waksman

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Selman Abraham Waksman

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952 was awarded to Selman A. Waksman "for his discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis".

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