| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| Year: | 1948 |
| Number: | 72 - 0 |
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Nominee:
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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 |
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| Motivation: | Discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | H Hellner |
| Profession: | prof surgery |
| City: | Göttingen |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
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| Comments: |
Also nominated by H Hellner were A Blalock and H Tausig (see entry no 72:1) |
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