Скачать или смотреть Ames Fellows Award - Blumberg

A pioneer in medical research and astrobiology, Dr. Baruch Blumberg was one of history's greatest explorer-scientists. Dr. Blumberg strongly believed in the breakthrough value of interdisciplinary research, and the importance of extraordinary endeavors. Through his field expeditions to remote areas, he discovered the antigen of the virus that causes hepatitis B, a deadly infection of the liver affecting about one-third of the Earth's population. He and his team also developed the first diagnostic test to detect the hepatitis B virus in blood plasma, and led the team that invented the vaccine to prevent the disease. In 1976, Dr. Blumberg shared the Nobel Prize with Carlton Gajdusek for "discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases." Today, the hepatitis B vaccine is one of the most widely used vaccines in the world.