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1 entries match Gastroenterology & Hepatology [C06 / C04] · Ethics & Law [K01.750 / K01.690]

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1969 CE–1972 CE

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Vaccine against viral hepatitis and process. Serial No. 864,788 filed 10 /8 /[19]69. Patent 3636191 issued 1/ 18/ [19]72.

BLUMBERG, Baruch Samuel (1925 – 2011)
BLUMBERG, Baruch Samuel (1925 – 2011) MILLMAN, Irving (1923 – 2012)

First description of the hepatitis B vaccine, the first cancer vaccine, US patent 3636191A. Millman and Blumberg discovered that the blood of individuals carrying the hepatitis B virus contained particles of the outsi…