Abstract

Earlier this month, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to the Australians Barry Marshall and Robin Warren for their discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer. It is the first time since 1928 that the Nobel Prize has been awarded for the discovery of a bacterium, and H. pylori is the first bacterium to be associated with cancer.

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