乙肝病毒发现者巴鲁克·布伦博格逝世

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1976年获诺贝尔奖；享年85岁

乙肝病毒发现者、1976年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖得主巴鲁克•布伦博格（Baruch Blumberg）4月5日因心脏病发作逝世，享年85岁。

布伦博格1925年出生于美国纽约，1957年从英国牛津大学获得博士学位。1976年，他因发现乙肝病毒和乙肝病毒致病机制而分享了当年的诺贝尔生理学或医学奖。

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It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we notify the hepatitis B community of the   passing of Dr. Baruch S. Blumberg. Dr. Blumberg died suddenly on Tuesday, April 5, 2011. His   discovery of the hepatitis B virus and invention of the first vaccine against hepatitis B, which   resulted in the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1976, have been among the most important in the   history of science and medicine.  In addition to serving as Senior Advisor to the President of Fox  Chase Cancer Center, Dr. Blumberg co‐founded the Hepatitis B Foundation and served the   Foundation as a Trustee Distinguished Scholar. His ongoing acts of support to the Foundation will  always be remembered and admired.      “It has been one of the greatest professional privileges of my life to have known and to have worked  with Dr. Blumberg. He was a wonderful mentor to me, and to all of us at the Hepatitis B Foundation,  who had the honor of knowing him. His curiosity and enormous intellect was   always so motivational. He made it clear to all of us at the Foundation, how one life can do so much  to benefit the world. Nothing will be the same without him, but so much has changed   because of him. He will always be an example and inspiration for us all.” – Dr. Timothy Block,   President of the Hepatitis B Foundation    Please join us in remembering our dear friend, colleague, advocate and champion of the   hepatitis B cause, Dr. Blumberg. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Blumberg family.