Baruch Blumberg, 85, Dies; Helped Make Hepatitis Vaccine

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 17:20 in Health & Medicine

His work led to the discovery of the hepatitis B virus in 1967, the first test for hepatitis B in the blood supply, and the development in 1969 of the hepatitis B vaccine.

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