Robin Warren
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 Robin Warren in 2007 |
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| Born | 11 June 1937 Adelaide, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Fields | Pathologist |
| Institutions | Royal Perth Hospital |
| Alma mater | University of Adelaide |
| Known for | Nobel Prize, discovery of Helicobacter pylori |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2005) |
John Robin Warren AC (born 11 June 1937 in Adelaide) is an Australian pathologist, Nobel Laureate and researcher who is credited with the 1979 re-discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, together with Barry Marshall.
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[edit] Life and career
He received his MBBS degree from the University of Adelaide, having completed his high school education at St Peter's College, 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. At the University of Western Australia with his colleague Barry J. Marshall, Warren proved that the bacterium is the cause of stomach ulcers.[1] Warren helped develop a convenient diagnostic test (14C-urea breath-test) for detecting H. pylori in ulcer patients.[2] In 2005, Warren and Marshall were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
He married Winifred Theresa Warren (nee Williams) and together they had six children. Winifred Warren went on to become an accomplished psychiatrist.
An Australian documentary was made in 2006 about Warren and Marshall's road to the Nobel Prize, called "The Winner's Guide to the Nobel Prize". He was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2007.[3]
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[edit] References
- ^ Warren JR, Marshall BJ. Unidentified curved bacilli in the stomach of patients with gastritis and peptic ulceration. Lancet 1984;1(8390):1311-1315. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(84)91816-6 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.
- ^ It's an Honour - Companion of the Order of Australia
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- University of Western Australia alumni
- University of Western Australia faculty
- 1937 births
- Living people
- Australian pathologists
- Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine
- Australian medical doctors
- University of Adelaide alumni
- Companions of the Order of Australia
- Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science
- Pathologists
- People from Adelaide
- Australian Nobel laureates
- People educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide
