Topic: Baruch Blumberg

The Search for Extreme Life

The relentless heat cooks the Badwater region of California's Death Valley so thoroughly that some expanses are textured like dry serpent skin. But Baruch S. Blumberg's latest challenge takes him beyond human subjects. "I always liked the idea of doing ...

Australian antigen

Aspects of the topic Australian antigen are discussed in the following places at Britannica. Assorted References work of Blumberg (in Baruch S. Blumberg (American physician)) .

Hepatitis B

Britannica provides coverage of " hepatitis B" in the following Year in Review articles. Aspects of the topic hepatitis B are discussed in the following places at Britannica. American research physician whose discovery of an antigen that provokes antibody response against hepatitis B ...

The life-saving shot

A vaccine invented 40 years ago by Baruch Blumberg has prevented millions of deaths from hepatitis B and liver cancer. In China the drop in prevalence has been dramatic, from around 15 per cent to fewer than 1 per cent in less ...

microbes

The relentless heat cooks the Badwater region of California's Death Valley so thoroughly that some expanses are textured like dry serpent skin. But Baruch S. Blumberg's latest challenge takes him beyond human subjects. "I always liked the idea of doing ...
Vaccine Against Viral Hepatitis Baruch Blumberg was the American research physician whose discovery of an antigen that provokes antibody response against hepatitis B led to the development by other researchers of a successful vaccine against the disease. Baruch Blumberg and Irving Millman ...