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Baruch Samuel Blumberg (July 28, 1925 – April 5, 2011), known as Barry Blumberg, was an American physician, geneticist, and co-recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (with Daniel Carleton Gajdusek), for his work on the hepatitis B virus while an investigator at the NIH and at the Fox Chase Cancer Center.
Apr 6, 2011 · Dr. Baruch S. Blumberg, the Nobel Prize-winning biochemist and medical anthropologist who discovered the hepatitis B virus, showed that it could cause liver cancer and then helped develop a...
Baruch S. Blumberg (born July 28, 1925, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died April 5, 2011, Moffett Field, near Mountain View, California) was an American research physician whose discovery of an antigen that provokes antibody response against hepatitis B led to the development by other researchers of a successful vaccine against the disease.
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Learn about the life and achievements of Baruch S. Blumberg, who discovered the hepatitis B virus and developed a vaccine against it. He also studied inherited variation in susceptibility to disease and worked in tropical countries.
He and his colleagues discovered the virus in 1967, and invented the first hepatitis B vaccine in 1969. Dr. Blumberg wrote a fascinating, brief autobiography at the request of the Nobel Prize committee, which is posted here.
Baruch S. Blumberg. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1976. Born: 28 July 1925, New York, NY, USA. Died: 5 April 2011, Moffett Field, CA, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: The Institute for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
In 1976, Dr. Blumberg won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discovery of the hepatitis B virus. He and his colleagues discovered the virus in 1967, developed the blood test that is used to detect the virus, and invented the first hepatitis B vaccine in 1969.
