irradiation
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
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irradiation A method of sterilizing and disinfesting foods using
ionizing radiation (X‐rays or γ‐rays) to kill micro‐organisms and insects. Also used to inhibit sprouting of potatoes. See also
microwave cooking;
ultraviolet radiation.
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LIST OF NOBEL WINNERS FOR MEDICINE
News Wire article from: United Press International; 10/4/2004; 700+ words
; ...United States. 1953 -- Hans Adolf Krebs, United Kingdom; Fritz Albert Lipmann, United States. 1952 -- Selman Abraham Waksman, United States. 1951 -- Max Theiler, South Africa. 1950 -- Edward Calvin Kendall, United States; Tadeus...
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NOBEL PRIZES IN PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE
News Wire article from: United Press International; 10/7/2002; 700+ words
; ...United States. 1953 -- Hans Adolf Krebs, United Kingdom; Fritz Albert Lipmann, United States. 1952 -- Selman Abraham Waksman, United States. 1951 -- Max Theiler, South Africa. 1950 -- Edward Calvin Kendall, United States; Tadeus...
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Gazette: Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 7/22/1999; 596 words
; ...William Poel (Pole), actor-manager, 1852; Gus Elen (Ernest Augustus Elen), music-hall artiste, 1862; Selman Abraham Waksman, biochemist, 1888; James Whale, film director, 1896; Stephen Vincent Benet, poet and novelist, 1898...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/22/1994; 445 words
; ...of the Confederate States of America, 1862; the National Council for Civil Liberties was founded, 1934; Dr Selman Abraham Waksman discovered streptomycin, 1946; an IRA bomb attack at Aldershot killed seven people, 1972; Pakistan recognised...
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Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine.
News Wire article from: United Press International; 10/7/2002; 700+ words
; ...United States. 1953 -- Hans Adolf Krebs, United Kingdom; Fritz Albert Lipmann, United States. 1952 -- Selman Abraham Waksman, United States. 1951 -- Max Theiler, South Africa. 1950 -- Edward Calvin Kendall, United States; Tadeus...
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This Day in History.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mercury (South Africa); 8/22/2006; 419 words
; ...German astronomer and mathematician who calculated the path of Halley's Comet, is born. 1888 US microbiologist Selman Abraham Waksman is born. He won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1952 for his discovery of streptomycin. 1981 Mehmet Ali Agra...
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ANNIVERSARIES
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/22/1995; 634 words
; ...Central Hall, Colne, Lancashire, opened, 1906; the National Council for Civil Liberties was founded, 1934; Dr Selman Abraham Waksman announced his discovery of streptomycin, 1946; an IRA bomb attack at Aldershot killed seven people, 1972...
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Letters
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 10/12/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Feuerstein, Jan Sokolovsky, Abraham Cohen, Kenneth Schustereit...Feuerstein, Jan Sokolovsky, Abraham Cohen, Kenneth Schustereit...streptomycin, for which Prof. Selman Waksman received the Nobel Prize...embroiled in a suit against Waksman. As we walked to the...
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Germ theory heralded era of antibiotic discoveries
Magazine article from: Ophthalmology Times; 8/15/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...for all of medicine and surgery. Abraham Schlossman, MD, one of our panelists...medicine and physiology. In 1944, Selman Waksman discovered streptomycin, the first...Neomycin also was discovered by Waksman, in 1949. These findings heralded...
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Two Marxes, but no Woody in the Jewish hot hundred
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 12/15/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Biblical figures - Moses, Jesus, Abraham, Saint Paul and Mary. Also heading...Albert Einstein 4 Sigmund Freud 5 Abraham 6 Saul of Tarsus (Saint Paul...29 Solomon 30 Heinrich Heine 31 Selman Waksman 32 Giacomo Meyerbeer 33 Isaac Luria...
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Selman Abraham Waksman
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Selman Abraham Waksman The American microbiologist Selman Abraham Waksman (1888-1973) received the Nobel...his discovery of streptomycin. Selman Abraham Waksman was born on July 2, 1888 in Novaia...
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Waksman, Selman Abraham (1888-1973)
Book article from: World of Microbiology and Immunology
Waksman, Selman Abraham (1888-1973) Russian-born American microbiologist Selman Waksman discovered life-saving antibacterial...Jewish furniture textile weaver, Selman Abraham Waksman was born in the tiny Russian village...
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Waksman, Selman Abraham
Book article from: Chemistry: Foundations and Applications
Waksman, Selman Abraham RUSSIAN MICROBIOLOGIST1888–1973 Selman Waksman changed the course of medical history...Prize in physiology or medicine. Selman Abraham Waksman was born on July 22, 1888, in...
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Streptomycin
Book article from: Medical Discoveries
...streptomycin by microbiologist Selman Abraham Waksman (1888-1973; winner of the...his most exciting discovery, Waksman, a Russian-born American microbiologist...poisonous) for use in humans. Waksman was inspired by Dubos's discovery...
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Chemotherapy
Book article from: World of Microbiology and Immunology
...term antibiotic was coined by American microbiologist Selman Abraham Waksman , who discovered the first antibiotic that was effective...Streptomyces fungus that he had studied for decades, Waksman named his antibiotic streptomycin. Though streptomycin...
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