The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2005
Awarded on: 2005-10-03
"for their discovery of the bacterium <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease"
J. Robin Warren
Born: 1937-06-11 in Adelaide, Australia
Gender: male
Field: Australian pathologist (1937–2024)
Biography
John Robin Warren 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. The duo proved to the medical community that the bacterium Helicobacter pylori is the cause of most peptic ulcers.