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Experiment eleven : deceit and betrayal in the discovery of the cure for tuberculosis

Pringle, Peter, author

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\"In 1943, Albert Schatz, a young American PhD student, worked on a wartime project in microbiology professor Selman Waksman's lab, searching for an antibiotic to fight infections on the front lines and at home. On his eleventh experiment on a common bacterium found in farmyard soil, Schatz discovered streptomycin, the first effective cure for tuberculosis, at that time the world's leading killer disease. As director of Schatz's reserach, Waksman took credit for the discovery, belittled Schatz's work, and secretly enriched himself with royalties from the streptomycin patent filed by Merck. In [1950, and in] an unprecedented lawsuit, young Schatz sued Waksman, was awarded the title of 'co-discoverer', and a share of the royalties. But two years later, Professor Waksman alone was awarded the Nobel Prize. Schatz disappeared into academic obscurity. ...\"--Book jacket.

• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Subject: Schatz, Albert, 1920-2005. / Waksman, Selman A. 1888-1973. / Tuberculosis Treatment Research History. / Streptomycin Therapeutic use History.
• ISBN: 9781408814017, 1408814013, 9781408831069, 1408831066

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
RC311.4.P75 2013	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE