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<i>Helicobacter Pylori</i>: A Nobel Pursuit?
1 Jan 2008
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In 2005, Barry Marshall and Robin Warren were awarded the Nobel prize in Physiology for their pioneering work on Helicobacter pylori. In the words of the Nobel Committee, they were honored “for their discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease.” The Committee added, “Thanks to the pioneering discovery by Marshall and Warren, peptic ulcer disease is no longer a...