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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]
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).
Abelardo Aguilar was a researcher for Eli Lilly and Company who submitted samples of his work that led to the discovery of erythromycin, a new kind of antibiotic. He never received any royalties or recognition from the company, despite his contributions and his pro-poor advocacy.
21 lis 2012 · Abelardo Aguilar was a physician-scientist who found a soil sample in the Philippine Islands that contained the antibiotic Erythromycin. He sent the sample to Eli Lilly, where researchers isolated and developed the drug in 1949.
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.
If you love science and mind-blowing discoveries, this video is for you! Meet Dr. Abelardo Aguilar, the Filipino genius who discovered a life-saving antibiot...
6 kwi 2022 · Learn about the remarkable achievements of Filipino scientists, including Abelardo Aguilar, who discovered Erythromycin, a broad-spectrum antibiotic. The web page also features other inventors, such as Fe del Mundo, Diosdado Banatao, Ramon Cabanos Barba, and Mara Orosa.
