Blumberg

Blumberg definition - medical

Blum·berg (blŭmˈbərg, blo͞omˈ-), Baruch Samuel Born 1925.

American virologist noted for research on the origin and spread of infectious diseases. He shared a 1976 Nobel Prize for discovering the antigen that led to a vaccine against hepatitis B.

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