Baruch Blumberg dies at 85; Nobel Prize winner who discovered hepatitis B virus

The biochemist won the 1976 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for discovering the virus, which causes severe liver disease and cancer. He later developed the vaccine that protects against it.Dr. Baruch Blumberg, who received the 1976 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for discovering the hepatitis B virus, which causes severe liver disease and cancer, and who later developed the vaccine that protects against it, has died. He was 85.

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