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- NAME: Baruch S. Blumberg
- OCCUPATION: Doctor, Scientist
- BIRTH DATE: July 28, 1925
- DEATH DATE: April 05, 2011
- EDUCATION: Columbia University, Oxford University
- PLACE OF BIRTH: New York, New York
- PLACE OF DEATH: Mountain View, California
- Full Name: Baruch Samuel Blumberg
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Baruch Blumberg won a Nobel Prize in 1976 for his research into the origins and spread of infectious viral diseases, particularly hepatitis B.
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Born in 1925, Dr. Baruch Blumberg received his M.D. from Columbia University, then his Ph.D. from Oxford. In the 1960s, he examined blood samples from a variety of populations to see how they differ in susceptibility to disease. During this study, he discovered an antigen that enabled both a screener and a vaccine for hepatitis B. Blumberg was awarded a Nobel Prize for this work in 1976.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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