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1937-2024 · First author of the 1983 Lancet letter on curved bacilli in active chronic gastritis, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 2005

J. Robin Warren

J. Robin Warren is first author of the 1983 Lancet letter titled "Unidentified curved bacilli on gastric epithelium in active chronic gastritis" and second author of the 1984 Marshall and Warren series. He shared the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Barry J. Marshall for their discovery of Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease.

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  1. Warren JR, Marshall B. Unidentified curved bacilli on gastric epithelium in active chronic gastritis. Lancet. 1983;1(8336):1273-5.

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  2. Marshall BJ, Warren JR. Unidentified curved bacilli in the stomach of patients with gastritis and peptic ulceration. Lancet. 1984;1(8390):1311-5.

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  3. The Nobel Foundation. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2005 (NobelPrize.org API record: awarded 2005-10-03, each laureate 1/2; motivation text). Accessed 20 October 2026.

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  4. The Nobel Foundation. J. Robin Warren (laureate record 790; birth and death dates). NobelPrize.org API; accessed 20 October 2026.

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