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Barry James Marshall (born 30 September 1951) is an Australian physician, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Professor of Clinical Microbiology and Co-Director of the Marshall Centre [4] at the University of Western Australia. [5]
In 2005, Barry Marshall and Robin Warren were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery that peptic ulcer disease (PUD) was primarily caused by Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium with affinity for acidic environments, such as the stomach.
Barry J. Marshall: Physiology or Medicine 1951– "for their discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease" shared with J. Robin Warren [5] 2005 J. Robin Warren: Physiology or Medicine 1937–2024
There are Nobel Prizes for different categories, though not every prize is awarded each year. In fact, one category has only been handed out 55 times.
At the University of Western Australia,Warren along with his colleague Barry J. Marshall, proved that the bacterium is the infectious cause of stomach ulcers. [3] Warren helped develop a convenient diagnostic test (14 C-urea breath-test) for detecting H. pylori in ulcer patients. [4] In 2005, Warren and Marshall were awarded the Nobel Prize in ...
The first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded in 1901 to Emil Adolf von Behring, of Germany. ... Barry J. Marshall (b. 1951)
The prizes have been awarded with a few interruptions since 1901, though the Nobel economics honour is a later addition in memory of the Swedish businessman and philanthropist, who had made a ...
Among the 892 Nobel laureates, 48 have been women; the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize was Marie Curie, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903. [12] She was also the first person (male or female) to be awarded two Nobel Prizes, the second award being the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, given in 1911. [11]