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Also Known As Baruch Samuel Blumberg
Born July 28, 1925 • New York City • New York
Died April 5, 2011 (aged 85) • California
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1976)
Subjects Of Study Australia antigen • antigen-antibody reaction • hepatitis B • virus

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