Waksman, Selman Abraham

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Ukrainian-born US biochemist who was awarded a Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1952 for his discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis. He coined the word ‘antibiotic’ for bacteria-killing chemicals derived from micro-organisms.

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