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Baruch Samuel Blumberg | |
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.jpg) Blumberg in 1999 | |
| Born | July 28, 1925 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
| Died | April 5, 2011 (aged 85) |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | Hepatitis B vaccine |
| Spouse |
Jean Liebesman (m. 1954) |
| Children | 4 |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Medicine (1976) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry, physiology |
| Institutions | |
| Official name | Baruch S. Blumberg (1925–2001) |
| Designated | September 24, 2016[2] |
| Notes | |
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.[3] He was president of the American Philosophical Society from 2005 until his death.
Blumberg and Gajdusek received the Nobel Prize for discovering "new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases."[4] Blumberg identified the hepatitis B virus, and later developed its diagnostic test and vaccine.[3][5]
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- ^ a b ""Baruch S. Blumberg – Autobiography." Nobel Prize.". Nobelprize.org. Archived from the original on April 29, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1976".
- ^ "Hepatitis B: The Hunt for a Killer Virus" Princeton University Press.. Press.princeton.edu. October 28, 2010. ISBN 9780691116235. Retrieved April 7, 2011.