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Word: dihydrostreptomycin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Three drug-manufacturing firms (Squibb, Merck, Parke-Davis), experimenting with variations on streptomycin, found a complex chemical answer: dihydrostreptomycin (two atoms of hydrogen added to the original antibiotic). Two teams of doctors immediately started testing it. Last week the first public announcement of results was made in St. Paul, Minn. The news was hopeful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Streptomycin-Plus | 11/1/1948 | See Source »

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