Baruch Blumberg - The link between some cancers and viruses
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Channel: Web of Stories - Life Stories of Remarkable People · 2011 · Science & Technology
To hear more of Baruch Blumberg’s stories, go to the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QedXwz9QEXY&list=PLVV0r6CmEsFyPwAEJ9YaYAsj3ANqc9teW American research physician Baruch Blumberg (1925-2011) was co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1976 along with D Carleton Gajdusek for their work on the origins and spread of infectious viral diseases that led to the discovery of the hepatitis B virus. Blumberg's work covered many areas including clinical research, epidemiology, virology, genetics and anthropology.
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