Barry Marshall
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"Barry James Marshall", Order of Australia/AC, Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians/FRACP, Fellow of the Royal Society/FRS, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science/FAA, DSc is an Australian physician, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine, and Professor of Clinical Microbiology at the University of Western Australia. Marshall and Robin Warren showed that the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is the cause of most peptic ulcers, reversing decades of medical doctrine holding that ulcers were caused by stress, spicy foods, and too much acid. This discovery has allowed for a breakthrough in understanding a causative link between Helicobacter pylori infection and stomach cancer.

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I didn't think about it very much and probably I wouldn't have done it if I had really thought it through.

It's the fastest sale we've had in 30 years.

We were in the right place at the right time.

It is nice; Robin will be able to upgrade his computer and he won't have to spend four days wandering around looking for the best mail-order value from fly-by-night companies.

People believed we were somewhat eccentric.

Everyone had forgotten about these observations.