| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| Year: | 1949 |
| Number: | 98 - 0 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | Karl A Folkers |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1906 |
| Year, Death: | 1997 |
| Profession: | Dr |
| University: | Merck & Company Research Laboratory |
| City: | Rahway |
| State: | NJ |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | Selman A Waksman |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1888 |
| Year, Death: | 1973 |
| Profession: | prof microbiology |
| University: | Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station |
| City: | New Brunswick |
| State: | NJ |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952 |
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| Motivation: | S. Waksman: Discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis.
K. Folkers: Work on the chemistry of streptomycin. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Erik J Jorpes |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1894 |
| Profession: | prof medical chemistry |
| University: | Karolinska Institutet |
| City: | Stockholm |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
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