Barry James Marshall, FRS FAA (born 30 September 1951 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia) is an Australian physician and Professor of Clinical Microbiology at the University of Western Australia. He is well-known for proving that the bacteria Helicobacter pylori is the cause of most stomach ulcers, reversing decades of medical doctrine which held that ulcers were caused by stress, spicy foods, and too much acid. The Fellowship of the Royal Society was founded in 1660. ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Kalgoorlie is a Western Australian city located about 600 km east of Perth. ... Emblems: Floral - Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthos manglesii); Mammal - Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus); Bird - Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) Motto: none Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Const. ... The Doctor by Samuel Luke Fildes This article is about the term physician, a type of doctor; for other uses of the word doctor see Doctor (disambiguation). ... The University of Western Australia (UWA) is Western Australias oldest university, established in February 1911, and is the only West Australian university to be a member of the Group of Eight lobby group for tertiary institutions. ... Binomial name Helicobacter pylori ((Marshall 1985) Goodwin 1989) Helicobacter pylori is a bacterium that infects the mucus lining of the human stomach. ... A benign gastric ulcer (from the antrum) of a gastrectomy specimen. ...

Life and research

Professor Marshall (Medicine and Pharmacology) completed his undergraduate medical degree at UWA in 1974. He met Robin Warren, a pathologist interested in gastritis, during internal medicine fellowship training at Royal Perth Hospital in 1981. Together, the pair studied the presence of spiral bacteria in association with gastritis. The following year (1982), they performed the initial culture of H. pylori and developed their hypothesis related to the bacterial cause of peptic ulcer and gastric cancer. The University of Western Australia (UWA) is Western Australias oldest university, established in February 1911, and is the only West Australian university to be a member of the Group of Eight lobby group for tertiary institutions. ... J. Robin Warren (born June 11, 1937 in Adelaide) is an Australian pathologist and researcher who is credited with the 1979 discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori. ... Royal Perth Hospital. ...

The H. pylori theory was ridiculed by the establishment scientists and doctors, who did not believe that any bacteria could live in the acidic stomach. To force people to pay attention to this theory, Marshall drank a petri-dish of the bacteria and soon developed gastritis. His symptoms disappeared after two weeks, but he took antibiotics to kill the remaining bacteria at the urging of his wife, since halitosis is one of the symptoms of infection. [1] Marshall's illness and recovery, based on a culture of organisms extracted from a patient, partially fulfilled Koch's postulates for H. pylori and gastritis. This experiment was published in 1984 in the Australian Medical Journal and is among the most cited articles from the journal. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... M.J has ebola. ...

After this work at Fremantle Hospital, Marshall did research at the University of Virginia, USA, before returning to Australia in 1997. He held a Burnet Fellowship at the University of Western Australia from 1998-2003 [2]. Fremantle Hospital, Childrens Wards. ... The University of Virginia (also called U.Va. ...

In 2005, the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Dr. Marshall and his long-time collaborator Dr. Warren "for their discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease". Professor Marshall continues research related to H. pylori and runs a molecular biology lab at UWA. The Karolinska Institutet (often translated from Swedish into English as the Karolinska Institute, and in older texts often as the Royal Caroline Institute) is a medical university in Stockholm, founded in 1810. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physiology or Medicine from 1901 to the present day. ... J. Robin Warren (born June 11, 1937 in Adelaide) is an Australian pathologist and researcher who is credited with the 1979 discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori. ... Gastritis is a medical term for inflammation of the lining of the stomach. ...

Other awards

• Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research in 1995
• Gairdner Foundation International Award in 1996
• Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2005
• List of additional awards

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Appearance in infomercial

Recently Dr. Marshall, or someone claiming to be him, appeared in an infomercial by Bottom Line Health, promoting The World's Greatest Treasury of Health Secrets, which is not a peer-reviewed book. The man identified as Marshall describes his research and later says "Really you should get out there and buy this book." ^[1]

Bottom Line Health claims in the infomercial that no doctor was paid for the inclusion of their research in the book, however the publisher does not specify that Dr. Marshall was not compensated for his appearance in the video program promoting it. Bottom Line Health is not a medical publisher and it has published other material on "natural and alternative cures" making claims that have not been validated by the FDA. It has been the subject of numerous customer complaints. ^[2] The United States Food and Drug Administration is the government agency responsible for regulating food, dietary supplements, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, biologics and blood products in the United States. ...

Trivia

When Barry Marshall was twenty-one he was a state yo-yo champion. The yo-yo is a toy consisting of two equally-sized discs of plastic, wood, or metal, connected with an axle, around which a string is wound. ...

See also

• Timeline of peptic ulcer disease and Helicobacter pylori

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References

• Marshall BJ. Unidentified curved bacillus on gastric epithelium in active chronic gastritis. Lancet 1983;1((8336):1273-1275. PMID 6134060.
• Marshall BJ, Warren JR. Unidentified curved bacilli in the stomach patients with gastritis and peptic ulceration. Lancet 1984;1(8390):1311-1315. PMID 6145023.
• http://www.vianet.net.au/~bjmrshll/features2.html
• http://www.usnews.com/usnews/doubleissue/heroes/marshall.htm

Quotes

• "Everyone was against me, but I knew I was right."

External links

• Helicobacter pylori Research Laboratory
• The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2005
• Academy of Achievement Profile http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/mar1pro-1
• Academy of Achievement Biography http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/mar1bio-1
• Academy of Achievement Interview http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/mar1int-1
• Academy of Achievement Photo Gallery http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/mar1gal-1
• A discussion of the rate of acceptance of Marshall and Warren's work.
• What the heck is this Nobel Prize winner doing in a shady infomercial?
• The Ultimate Doctor Barry J. Marshall Fan Page

Notes

1. ^ The infomercial aired on Comcast Cable Channel 9, the Comcast Network also known as CN9, between 4:30 and 5:00 AM on the morning of October 15, 2006. The man identified as Dr. Marshall first appears at 4:45 - 4:46 AM where he describes his research. At 4:53 AM he makes the quote "Really you should get out there and buy this book." The producer of the program is listed as "It Really Works" Los Angeles, CA and the copyright date is MMV (2005).
2. ^
   • Customer reaction/complaints to World's Greatest Treasury of Health Secrets
   • World's Greatest Treasury of Health Secrets - Infomercial Scams