Science on the 19th of October 1943 in history

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19 Oct 1943 antibiotic	science	antibiotic (pharmacology) The antibiotic streptomycin (the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis) is first isolated by Albert Schatz in the laboratory of Selman Abraham Waksman at Rutgers University in the United States.	0

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19 Oct 1943

antibiotic

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antibiotic (pharmacology)
The antibiotic streptomycin (the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis) is first isolated by Albert Schatz in the laboratory of Selman Abraham Waksman at Rutgers University in the United States.

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