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Streptomycin

Recorded year1943

Schatz and Waksman find the first effective tuberculosis drug.

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PenicillinRecorded · 1928enables

Led to

Randomised controlled trialRecorded · 1948enables
Antibiotics in animal feedRecorded · 1950enables
Ivermectin dewormerRecorded · 1981enables
AI-found antibiotic classesForecast · ~2032enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.