Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
Year: | 1949 |
Number: | 66 - 1 |
Nominee 1: |
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Name: | René J Dubos |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | Dr |
University: | Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller University) |
City: | New York |
State: | NY |
Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
Nominee 2: |
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Name: | Selman A Waksman |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1888 |
Year, Death: | 1973 |
Profession: | prof microbiology |
University: | Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station |
City: | New Brunswick |
State: | NJ |
Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952 | |
Motivation: | R. Dubos: Isolated antibacterial agents from soil bacteria. Demonstrated that it was practicable to utilize substances of microbial origin for the treatment of infection. S. Waksman: Discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis. |
Nominator: |
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Name: | Paul Reznikoff |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | prof medicine |
City: | New York |
State: | NY |
Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
Comments: | Also nominated by P. Reznikoff were E. Cohn and O. Avery (see entry nr 66-0). |
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