Albert Schatz
Albert Schatz · Science & Medicine
Microbiologist who co-discovered streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis.
1920, Norwich, Connecticut, USA — 2005, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
United States
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Albert Schatz was an American microbiologist who in 1943, as a graduate student in Selman Waksman's laboratory at Rutgers, co-discovered streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis. He later fought for and won recognition of his role as co-discoverer of the drug. He was Jewish, the grandson of Russian-Jewish immigrant farmers.
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Microbiologist who co-discovered streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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