Robin Warren

Also known as John Robin Warren, J. Robin Warren, J. R. Warren

Australian microbiologist and Nobel Laureate (1937–2024)

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Robin Warren was an Australian microbiologist who, along with Barry Marshall, discovered that bacteria called Helicobacter pylori cause stomach ulcers—a finding that overturned the previous belief that stress and diet were responsible. This discovery transformed ulcer treatment and earned him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2005, fundamentally changing how doctors understand and treat digestive diseases.

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Works: 4

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Going the Distance
From Trust to Terror
On Borrowed Time
Helicobacter pylori

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1962-07-04

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Listeners: 117
Total plays: 405

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Basic local alignment search tool
· 1990 · cited 80,086x
SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,740x
A Global Measure of Perceived Stress
· 1983 · cited 25,282x
The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)
· 2016 · cited 22,931x
The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 22,812x

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Commons category: John Robin Warren
date of birth: 1937-06-11
Erdős number: 7
name in native language: John Robin Warren
date of death: 2024-07-23

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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. The duo proved to the medical community that the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is the cause of most peptic ulcers.

Early life and education