Australians Win Nobel Prize in Medicine AP - 2 hours, 16 minutes ago
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Australians Barry J. Marshall and Robin Warren won the 2005 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for showing that bacterial infection, not stress, was to blame for painful ulcers in the stomach and intestine. The 1982 discovery transformed peptic ulcer disease from a chronic, frequently disabling condition to one that can be cured by a short regimen of antibiotics and other medicines, the Nobel Prize committee said.
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AP - Mon Oct 3, 8:59 AM ET
Australian professor Barry J. Marshall uses a balloon to explain the bacterium helicobacter pylori during his visit to Japan, in this 2002 photo. Australians Barry J. Marshall and Robin Warren won the 2005 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday for discovering that bacteria, not stress, was the main cause of painful ulcers of the stomach and intestine. The 1982 discovery transformed peptic ulcer disease from a chronic, frequently disabling condition to one that can be cured by a short course of antibiotics, the Nobel Prize committee said. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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