Open AccessRené Dubos: unearthing antibiotics
Author(s) -
Heather L. Van Epps
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the journal of experimental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.483
H-Index - 448
eISSN - 1540-9538
pISSN - 0022-1007
DOI - 10.1084/jem.2032fta
Subject(s) - antibiotics , penicillin , microbiology and biotechnology , gramicidin , medicine , biology , genetics , membrane
In 1939, René Dubos discovered gramicidin—the first clinically tested antibiotic agent. This discovery helped revive the stalled interest in penicillin and launched the era of antibiotics.
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