Selman Abraham Waksman Winner of the 1952 Nobel Prize in Medicine

SELMAN ABRAHAM WAKSMAN

1952 Nobel Laureate in Medicine

for his discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis.

Background

1888-1973 Place of Birth: Priluka, Ukraine, then Russia Residence: U.S.A. Affiliation: Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

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