Helicobacter Pylori: from the stomach to the Nobel

Authors

  • Jesús Padial Azuaga Spain

Keywords:

Helicobacter, Pylori, stomach, Nobel

Abstract

There is a popular saying, more or less true, which says that ‘man is conquered through the stomach’. On this occasion, it could be said that a Nobel was ‘conquered’ through the stomach, as happened in 2005. The Australian doctors Barry J. Marshall and J. Robin Warren were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology for discovering the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and the role this bacterium plays in the development of stomach inflammation (gastritis) and peptic ulcer

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Published

2006-01-20

How to Cite

Padial Azuaga, J. (2006). Helicobacter Pylori: from the stomach to the Nobel. Encuentros En La Biología, (107), 3–4. Retrieved from https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/enbio/article/view/18745