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| Born | John Robin Warren (1937-06-11)11 June 1937 Adelaide,South Australia, Australia |
| Died | 23 July 2024(2024-07-23) (aged 87) Perth,Western Australia, Australia |
| Education | St Peter's College, Adelaide |
| Alma mater | University of Adelaide |
| Known for | Discovery ofHelicobacter pylori |
| Awards | Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (1997) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2005) |
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| Fields | Pathologist |
| Institutions | Royal Perth Hospital |
John Robin WarrenAC (11 June 1937 – 23 July 2024) was an Australianpathologist,Nobel laureate, and researcher who is credited with the 1979 re-discovery of thebacteriumHelicobacter pylori, together withBarry Marshall.[1] The duo proved to the medical community that the bacteriumHelicobacter pylori (H. pylori)[1] is the cause of mostpeptic ulcers.[1]
Warren was born 11 June 1937 inNorth Adelaide. His father, Roger Warren, was awinemaker, and his mother, Helen Warren (née Verco), was a nurse.[2] Warren received hisM.B.B.S. degree from theUniversity of Adelaide, having completed his high school education atSt Peter's College, Adelaide.
Warren trained at theRoyal Adelaide Hospital and became a Registrar in Clinical Pathology at theInstitute of Medical and Veterinary Science (IMVS). There, he worked in laboratory haematology, which generated his interest in pathology.
In 1963, Warren was appointed Honorary Clinical Assistant in Pathology and Honorary Registrar in Haematology at Royal Adelaide Hospital. Subsequently, he lectured in pathology at Adelaide University and then became Clinical Pathology Registrar at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. In 1967, Warren was elected to theRoyal College of Pathologists of Australasia and became a senior pathologist at theRoyal Perth Hospital, where he spent the majority of his career.
At theUniversity of Western Australia,Warren along with his colleagueBarry J. Marshall, proved that the bacterium is the infectious cause ofstomach ulcers.[3] Warren helped develop a convenient diagnostic test (14
C-urea breath-test) for detectingH. pylori in ulcer patients.[4]
In 2005, Warren and Marshall were awarded theNobel Prize in Medicine.
An Australian documentary was made in 2006 about Warren and Marshall's road to the Nobel Prize, called "The Winner's Guide to the Nobel Prize". He was appointed aCompanion of the Order of Australia in 2007.[5]
Asteroid254863 Robinwarren, discovered by Italian amateur astronomerSilvano Casulli in 2005, was named in his honour.[6] The officialnaming citation was published by theMinor Planet Center on 22 April 2016 (M.P.C. 99893).[7]
Warren married Winifred Teresa Warren (née Williams) in the early 1960s, and together they had five children.[8] Winifred Warren became an accomplished psychiatrist. Following her death in 1997, Warren retired from medicine.[8]
Warren died inPerth, Australia, on 23 July 2024, at the age of 87.[9][10][11]
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