The American microbiologist Selman Abraham Waksman (1888-1973) received the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his discovery of streptomycin. Selman Abraham Waksman was born on July 2, 1888 in Novaia-Priluka near Kiev in what is now the Ukraine....

Waksman focused his research on the study of agents that kill microorganisms. He coined the term " antibiotic" and discovered streptomycin, which was the first effective treatment for tuberculosis. Born in Priluki, Russia, Waksman emigrated to the...

Selman Waksman revolutionized medicine, thanks to his discoveries of life-saving antibacterial compounds. His investigations have also spawned further studies for other disease-curing drugs. Waksman isolated streptomycin, the first chemical agent that...

1888-1973 Ukrainian-born American biochemist who won the 1952 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine for his discovery of the antibiotic streptomycin, the first specific agent effective in the treatment of tuberculosis. Waksman coined the term...

Selman Abraham Waksman (22 July 1888 – 16 August 1973) was an American biochemist and microbiologist whose research into organic substances—largely into organisms that live in soil—and their decomposition lead to the discovery of...

There is a reason why reports of a rare strain of tuberculosis attracted worldwide attention: a history as scary as the plague.More than 4,000 years ago, tuberculosis killed an Egyptian whose mummified remains were dug up; the case was first described in 1910. Hippocrates called...