In October, 1943, Albert Schatz discovered streptomycin, the first effective treatment for tuberculosis and gram negative organisms, when he was a 23 year old graduate student at Rutgers University. Streptomycin saved millions of lives and resulted in the closing of countless TB sanatoriums around the world.

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