Albert Schatz (scientist)

Albert Schatz (scientist)

Albert Schatz (2 February 1920 – 17 January 2005) was the co-discoverer of streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy used to treat tuberculosis and a number of other diseases. Originally, the discovery of streptomycin was credited only to Schatz's supervisor, Selman Waksman who won the 1952 Nobel Prize for the discovery./