Baruch S. Blumberg won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1976 for his discovery of the hepatitis B virus and for developing a vaccine to prevent hepatitis B infection. His work has had a significant impact on global public health by reducing the transmission and burden of this serious infectious disease.
Baruch S. Blumberg won The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1976.
Baruch S Blumberg found the Hepatitis B virus, developed its diagnostic test, and vaccine.
Baruch S. Blumberg won The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1976.
He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1976 for his hepatitis B vaccine.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1976 was awarded jointly to Baruch S. Blumberg and D. Carleton Gajdusek for their discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases
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Baruch S. Blumberg is co-recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Medicine (with Daniel Carleton Gajdusek), and the current president of the American Philosophical Society. He received Nobel prize for "discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases."
Hepatitis B Vaccine
He wrote a book on the Hepatitis B virus.
He won the 1976 Nobel Prize in Medicine for identifying the Hepatitis B virus, and later developing its diagnostic test and vaccine.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1976 was awarded jointly to Baruch S. Blumberg and D. Carleton Gajdusek for their discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases
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