Waksman, Selman (Abraham)
- Waksman, Selman (Abraham)
(22 jul. 1888, Priluka, Ucrania, Imperio ruso–16 ago. 1973, Hyannis, Mass., EE.UU.).
Bioquímico estadounidense nacido en Ucrania. Se nacionalizó en 1916 y pasó gran parte de su carrera en la Universidad de Rutgers. Después del descubrimiento de la penicilina, tuvo un papel destacado en iniciar una búsqueda calculada y sistemática de antibióticos (
término que él acuñó en 1941) entre los microorganismos. Su descubrimiento, en 1943, de la estreptomicina, el primer agente específico efectivo en el tratamiento de la tuberculosis, le valió el Premio Nobel en 1952. Waksman también aisló y desarrolló varios otros antibióticos, como la neomicina, que se han empleado en el tratamiento de muchas enfermedades infecciosas en seres humanos, animales domésticos y plantas.
Selman Waksman, 1968.
By courtesy of Rutgers News Service, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J.
Enciclopedia Universal.
2012.
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Selman Waksman, 1968.By courtesy of Rutgers News Service, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J.