Robin Warren

J. Robin Warren (born June 11, 1937 in Adelaide) is an Australian pathologist and researcher who is credited with the 1979 discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori. He received his M.B. B.S. from the University of Adelaide, and has worked the majority of his career at Royal Perth Hospital. With his colleague Barry Marshall, Warren proved that the bacterium is the cause of stomach ulcers{{ref|theory}}. Dr Warren helped develop a convenient diagnostic test (14C-urea breath-test) for detecting Helicobacter pylori in ulcer patients {{ref|test}}. In 2005, Drs Warren and Marshall were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

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• Short bio
• The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2005