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Mildred Rebstock

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American chemist

United StatesScientistsLived 1919 to 2011 · aged 91
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Mildred Catherine Rebstock was an American pharmaceutical chemist. She and her team were the first to fully synthesize chloromycetin, also known as chloramphenicol. This was the first instance of an antibiotic being fully synthesized.

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Mildred Rebstock and Eugene H. Payne. Payne had run the first clinical trials with chloromycetin.[12]Mildred Rebstock and Eugene H. Payne. Payne had run the first clinical trials with chloromycetin.[12]

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Mildred Catherine Rebstock was an American pharmaceutical chemist. She and her team were the first to fully synthesize chloromycetin, also known as chloramphenicol. This was the first instance of an antibiotic being fully synthesized. The World Health Organization classifies it as critically important for human medicine.

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United States
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Lived 1919 to 2011 · aged 91
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