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. In 1967 he was admitted into the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia and became a senior pathologist at the Royal Perth Hospital where he spent the majority of his career. With his colleague Barry Marshall, Warren proved that the bacterium is the cause of stomach ulcers[1]. Dr Warren helped develop a convenient diagnostic test (14C-urea breath-test) for detecting Helicobacter pylori in ulcer patients [2]. In 2005, Drs Warren and Marshall were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
References
- ^ Marshall BJ, Warren JR. Unidentified curved bacilli in the stomach patients with gastritis and peptic ulceration. Lancet 1984;1(8390):1311-1315. PMID 6145023.
- ^ Surveyor I, Goodwin CS, Mullan BP, Geelhoed E, Warren JR, Murray RN, Waters TE, Sanderson CR. The 14C-urea breath-test for the detection of gastric Campylobacter pylori infection. Med J Aust. 1989; 151(8):435-439. PMID 2593958.
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