TUBERCULOSIS October 19, 1943: The Discovery of Streptomycin – A Milestone in the Treatment of Tuberculosis and Other Serious Diseases | SM Day News Information
Listen to this article On October 19, 1943, a team of researchers at Rutgers University isolated streptomycin, a revolutionary antibiotic that would be the first to cure tuberculosis, an infectious disease that was ravaging the world at the time. . The discovery of streptomycin, an antibiotic of the aminoglycoside class, marked a milestone in medicine, … Read more