Selman Waksman
Also known as Waksman, Selman A. Waksman, Selman A Waksman, S. A. Waksman, S.A. Waksman, S A Waksman, SA Waksman
Joods-Oekraïense bioloog (1888-1973)
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Selman Abraham Waksman was an American scientist who discovered streptomycin and developed numerous other antibiotics through his research in microbiology and biochemistry. His discoveries fundamentally changed medicine by providing effective treatments for serious bacterial infections that were previously difficult or impossible to cure.
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- Smoothing and Differentiation of Data by Simplified Least Squares Procedures.
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- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
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Selman Abraham Waksman was een in Oekraïne geboren Amerikaans biochemicus en microbioloog. Zijn onderzoek naar organische verbindingen en hun verrotting leidde tot de ontdekking van streptomycine, het eerste effectieve antibioticum tegen tuberculose. Voor deze ontdekking kreeg hij in 1952 de Nobelprijs voor Fysiologie of Geneeskunde. In totaal heeft Waksmans werk geleid tot de ontdekking van meer dan 20 verschillende antibiotica.
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