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Experiment Eleven: Deceit and Betrayal in the Discovery of the Cure for Tuberculosis
Experiment Eleven Deceit and Betrayal in the Discovery of the Cure for Tuberculosis
Author: Peter Pringle
In 1943, Albert Schatz, a young Rutgers College Ph.D. 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 cur...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781408814017
ISBN-10: 1408814013
Publication Date: 4/1/2012
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Bloomsbury UK
Book Type: Hardcover
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