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Abelardo Aguilar (November 3, 1917 – September 22, 1993 was a Filipino doctor from Iloilo, Philippines who worked as a medical representative for Eli Lilly and Company. [1] [2]
Abelardo Aguilar was a Filipino researcher who helped Eli Lilly and Company discover erythromycin, a powerful antibiotic. He never received any royalties or recognition from the company, despite his contributions and his pro-poor work in Iloilo.
20 kwi 2020 · A drug representative for U.S. pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company, Aguilar was studying samples he obtained from a Molo cemetery (some accounts refer to it as “his own backyard”) and stumbled upon a species of bacteria called 𝘚𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢 𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘢 (formerly 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘺𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘶𝘴).
In 1949 Abelardo B. Aguilar, a Filipino scientist, sent some soil samples to his employer at Eli Lilly. [48] Aguilar managed to isolate erythromycin from the metabolic products of a strain of Streptomyces erythreus (designation changed to Saccharopolyspora erythraea ) found in the samples.
Meet Dr. Abelardo Aguilar, the Filipino genius who discovered a life-saving antibiot... If you love science and mind-blowing discoveries, this video is for you!
9 lis 1994 · MANILA, Nov 9 1994 (IPS) - In 1949, Filipino doctor Abelardo Aguilar was testing micro-organisms he had isolated from soil samples in his back garden when he chanced upon bacteria that would later lead to the development of the antibiotic erythromycin.
Did you know that a Filipino doctor named Abelardo Aguilar helped discover erythromycin, a broad-spectrum antibiotic still used to treat various infections t...
