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Selman Waksman and the Streptomycin Controversy

Selman Waksman and the Streptomycin Controversy

Stuff You Missed in History Class

July 17, 201326m 20s

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An accomplished bacteriologist, Selman Waksman and his students and colleagues isolated many new antibiotics in the 1940s, including streptomycin and neomycin, earning him the nickname Father of Antibiotics.

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