Antibiotics
InventorMultiple scientists
Year1928-1945
CategoryMedicine
OriginVarious
About Antibiotics
Fleming discovered penicillin but Florey and Chain made it usable. Selman Waksman discovered streptomycin in 1943, the first effective TB treatment. Antibiotics have saved over 200 million lives. Antibiotic resistance now threatens to undo this progress.
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