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Answers to esp@cenet quiz No. 3
Maybe the quiz is getting easier or more popular, or maybe you are all just getting better at it. Whatever - we were inundated with your replies, hundreds of them, from all around the world, and most of them 100% right. Congratulations to just about everyone then, except Stéphane from Brussels, who got every answer completely wrong. La Belgique, nul points. Never mind, Stéphane, better luck next time :-).
The first effective antibiotic against tuberculosis was streptomycin. The keyword here is effective, meaning useful or beneficial. There were indeed other antibiotics around which killed the infection, but they unfortunately had the same effect on the patients too.
It was Dr Selman Waksman who was originally credited with the discovery of streptomycin and awarded the Nobel prize for medicine. As far as the most relevant patent is concerned, we were looking for US2449866 (remember, the editor's decision is final).
The person who contested the award was Waksman's student, Albert Schatz. He was the one who actually isolated streptomycin, and he was subsequently recognised and rewarded as its co-discoverer.
You see - drama in the lab!
Congratulations to:
Giovanni Nancioni of Italy
Alan P. Kass in the US
Kregg T. Brooks, also in the US
Frazer McLennan from Australia
and
Hao-Yun Chu of Taiwan,
who will all receive a bag of esp@cenet merchandise.
Lisa McDonald-Maier and Nigel Clarke
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