An Australian pathologist at Royal Perth Hospital who in 1981 began finding spiral-shaped bacteria in stomach tissue samples he examined and, working with Barry Marshall from that year, showed by 1982 that the organism, later named Helicobacter pylori, was present in 77 percent of the ulcer patients and 55 percent of the gastritis patients in their combined sample of one hundred biopsies. He shared the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Marshall.
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Robin Warren and Barry Marshall identified Helicobacter pylori in stomach tissue samples in 1981 to 1982 and shared the 2005 Nobel Prize for the discovery.
Robin Warren, a pathologist at Royal Perth Hospital, began finding spiral-shaped bacteria in stomach tissue samples in 1981. Working with Barry Marshall from that year, he showed by 1982 that the organism, later named Helicobacter pylori, was present in 77 percent of the ulcer patients and 55 percent of the gastritis patients in their combined sample of one hundred biopsies. Warren and Marshall shared the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the finding.
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Co-identified Helicobacter pylori as a cause of peptic ulcer disease, 1982; shared the 2005 Nobel Prize.
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June 11, 1937
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July 23, 2024
- Specialist In: Pathology
- Associated With: Barry Marshall
In Group: Cellular and Disease Pathologists, Introduction, sentence 1
John Robin Warren (11 June 1937-23 July 2024) was an Australian pathologist, Nobel laureate, and researcher who is credited with the 1979 re-discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, together with Barry Marshall.
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Lasker Foundation- Timeline and Finding
- Discoveries: Discovery of Helicobacter pylori as a Cause of Peptic Ulcer Disease
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The Numbers Robin Warren Counted Before the Consensus Changed
Four Bacterial Discoveries, Four Fights Over Who Gets Credit
Robin Warren, who with Marshall showed H. pylori present in most ulcer patients
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