上浒充通大睾 _The evolution of antitubercular agents Shanghai Jiao Tong University The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952 The discovery of the antitubercular activity "for his discovery of streptomycin,the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis" of aminoglycoside antibiotics streptomycin by Waksman et a/in 1944 ushered in the modern era of tuberculosis treatment. Selman Abraham WaksmanShanghai Jiao Tong University The discovery of the antitubercular activity of aminoglycoside antibiotics streptomycin by Waksman et al in 1944 ushered in the modern era of tuberculosis treatment. The evolution of antitubercular agents