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Barry Marshall
Showing with Robin Warren that a bacterial infection causes many stomach ulcers.
Helicobacter pylori culture · Self-experiment report
- Born
- 30 September 1951
- Birthplace
- Kalgoorlie, Australia
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Barry Marshall
Australian physician whose research with Robin Warren overturned established thinking about peptic ulcers. Their discovery of Helicobacter pylori’s role opened the way to treating many ulcers by clearing the infection.
Early life
Western Australia
Grew up in Kalgoorlie, Carnarvon and Perth; his mother was a nurse.
Medical education
Graduated in medicine from the University of Western Australia in 1974.
Career
- 1979–1981
Hospital training
Worked at Royal Perth Hospital, where he began collaborating with pathologist Robin Warren.
- 1982–1985
Testing the idea
Cultured the bacterium and investigated its connection to stomach inflammation and ulcers.
- 1986–1996
United States research
Worked at the University of Virginia before returning to Western Australia.
- 2005
Nobel recognition
Shared the medicine prize with Warren for their discovery.
Research & discoveries
Helicobacter pylori culture
Helped grow the bacterium from stomach samples.
Self-experiment report
Published evidence that the organism could cause gastritis after deliberately ingesting a culture.
Ulcer treatment research
Helped establish treatment aimed at eliminating the infection.
Beyond work
Family
Married Adrienne in 1972; they raised four children.
Further projects
Extended his interests to digestive-health diagnostics, including the Noisy Guts research project.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Institutional biography and research ↗Photo: WikiEdtingProfile2021. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
