| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| Year: | 1949 |
| Number: | 7 - 0 |
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Nominee:
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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: | Discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | J. Burns Amberson |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | prof medicine |
| Department: | College of Physicians and Surgeons |
| University: | Columbia University |
| City: | New York |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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