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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 1, 2024 · 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 provokesantibody response against hepatitis Bled to the development by other researchers of a successful vaccineagainst the disease.
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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...
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About Baruch S. Blumberg. Baruch S. Blumberg, MD, DPhil, had immense curiosity and energy, which were distinguishing attributes of his scientific persona. A leading light in the scientific community and a great humanitarian, Dr. Blumberg identified the hepatitis B virus and created the first vaccine to prevent infection with the virus.
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.
May 17, 2018 · BLUMBERG, BARUCH SAMUEL (1925– ), U.S. physician and Nobel laureate. Blumberg was born in New York City and received his elementary schooling at the Flatbush Yeshiva. After high school he joined the U.S. Navy in 1943 and finished college (B.Sc. in physics from Union College) while enlisted. He received his M.D. from Columbia University in 1951.
Baruch Samuel Blumberg was a Jewish American doctor and recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Medicine. Blumberg (born July 28, 1925; died April 5, 2011) was born in in New York City. In 1943, he joined the U.S. Navy and finished college under military sponsorship and left active duty in 1946.
