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...Hugh L. Selman...
...seven: Carl Ferdinand Cori (carbohydrate metabolism), Selman Waksman (streptomycin), Max Theiler (yellow fever), Edward Kendall and Philip Hench (cortisone), John F. Enders (virus propagation), Biochemist Vincent du Vigneaud (see SCIENCE...
...Microbiologist Selman Waksman announced that German scientists have taken the sting from his drug, actinomycin, turned it into a potential weapon against: 1. Polio...
...first antibiotic ever isolated by Nobel Prizewinner Selman Waksman was actinomycin. And just as Dr. Waksman hoped, the drug made strong medicine. It killed many man-killing microbes; unfortunately, it acted like a mankiller as well. It turned out to be a cytotoxin, a cell poison with the strange selective trick of attacking some cells more than others. So virulent that one milligram could kill a large chicken, actinomycin seemed far too dangerous ever to try on humans. Last week in Rome, pleasantly surprised, Dr. Waksman told the International Congress of Microbiology that German scientists have finally taken the sting...
When no action on the money was taken by either of these groups, the club decided to start legal action itself. Kes- selman said that the club was given legal advice that it could regain the money by filing a claim with the Small Claims Court...