Robin Warren

Robin Warren
Warren in 2009
Born
John Robin Warren

(1937-06-11)11 June 1937
Died23 July 2024(2024-07-23) (aged 87)
NationalityAustralian
EducationSt Peter's College, Adelaide
Alma materUniversity of Adelaide
Known forDiscovery of Helicobacter pylori
AwardsPaul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (1997)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2005)
Scientific career
FieldsPathologist
InstitutionsRoyal Perth Hospital

John Robin Warren AC (11 June 1937 – 23 July 2024) was an Australian pathologist, Nobel laureate, and researcher who is credited with the 1979 re-discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, together with Barry Marshall.[1] The duo proved to the medical community that the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)[1] is the cause of most peptic ulcers.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Press Release: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2005". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 24 March 2018.