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{{Short description|Australian pathologist (1937–2024)}}
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| birth_place       = [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]], Australia
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| death_place       = [[Perth]], [[Western Australia]], Australia
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| education         = [[St Peter's College, Adelaide]]
| alma_mater        = [[University of Adelaide]]
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| known_for         = Discovery of ''[[Helicobacter pylori]]''
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'''John Robin Warren''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|AC}} (11 June 1937 – 23 July 2024) was an Australian [[pathologist]], [[Nobel Prize|Nobel]] laureate, and researcher who is credited with the 1979 re-discovery of the [[bacterium]] ''[[Helicobacter pylori]]'', together with [[Barry Marshall]].<ref name="Nobelprize">{{cite web|title=Press Release: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2005|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2005/press.html |publisher=Nobelprize.org |access-date=24 March 2018}}</ref> The duo proved to the medical community that the bacterium ''Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)''<ref name="Nobelprize"/> is the cause of most [[peptic ulcers]].<ref name="Nobelprize"/>

==Early life and education==
Warren was born 11 June 1937 in [[North Adelaide]]. His father, Roger Warren, was a [[winemaker]], and his mother, Helen Warren ([[Birth name#Maiden and married names|née]] Verco), was a nurse.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rosenwald |first=Michael S. |date=2024-08-09 |title=J. Robin Warren, Who Proved That Bacteria Cause Ulcers, Dies at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/09/health/j-robin-warren-dead.html |access-date=2024-11-10 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Warren received his [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|M.B.B.S.]] degree from the [[University of Adelaide]], having completed his high school education at [[St Peter's College, Adelaide]].

==Career==
Warren trained at the [[Royal Adelaide Hospital]] and became a Registrar in Clinical Pathology at the [[Institute 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 the [[Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia]] and became a senior pathologist at the [[Royal Perth Hospital]], where he spent the majority of his career.

===Nobel Prize work===
At the [[University of Western Australia]],Warren along with his colleague [[Barry Marshall|Barry J. Marshall]], proved that the bacterium is the infectious cause of [[stomach ulcer]]s.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Marshall BJ, Warren JR |title=Unidentified curved bacilli in the stomach of patients with gastritis and peptic ulceration |journal=Lancet |volume=323 |issue=8390 |pages=1311–5 |date=June 1984 |pmid=6145023 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(84)91816-6 |s2cid=10066001 |url=http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2884%2991816-6/abstract|url-access=subscription }}</ref>  Warren helped develop a convenient diagnostic test ([[Urea breath test|{{chem|14|C}}-urea breath-test]]) for detecting ''H. pylori'' in ulcer patients.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Surveyor I, Goodwin CS, Mullan BP, Geelhoed E, Warren JR, Murray RN, Waters TE, Sanderson CR |title=The {{chem|14|C}}-urea breath-test for the detection of gastric ''Campylobacter pylori'' infection |journal=Med J Aust |volume=151 |issue=8 |pages=435–9 |year=1989 |pmid=2593958 |doi=10.5694/j.1326-5377.1989.tb101252.x |s2cid=40191259 }}</ref>

In 2005, Warren and Marshall were awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel 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 a [[Companion of the Order of Australia]] in 2007.<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1133681 It's an Honour] — Companion of the Order of Australia</ref>

Asteroid [[254863 Robinwarren]], discovered by Italian amateur astronomer [[Silvano Casulli]] in 2005, was named in his honour.<ref name="MPC-object" /> The official {{MoMP|254863|naming citation}} was published by the [[Minor Planet Center]] on 22 April 2016 ({{small|[[Minor Planet Circulars|M.P.C.]] 99893}}).<ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive" />

==Personal life and death==
Warren married Winifred Teresa Warren (née Williams) in the early 1960s, and together they had five children.<ref name=bio>{{Nobelprize|name=J. Robin Warren|accessdate=11 October 2020}}</ref>  Winifred Warren became an accomplished psychiatrist. Following her death in 1997, Warren retired from medicine.<ref name=bio />

Warren died in [[Perth]], Australia, on 23 July 2024, at the age of 87.<ref>[https://www.medicalrepublic.com.au/farewell-to-a-giant-of-pathology-and-medicine/109345 Farewell to a Giant of Pathology and Medicine]</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ausbiotech.org/news/remembering-nobel-laureate-professor-robin-warren-ac | title=Newsroom - AusBiotech Ltd }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/07/29/robin-warren-nobel-ulcers-helicobacter-obituary/ | title=Robin Warren, pathologist who identified the true cause of most stomach ulcers – obituary | newspaper=The Telegraph | date=29 July 2024 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Timeline of peptic ulcer disease and Helicobacter pylori|Timeline of peptic ulcer disease and ''Helicobacter pylori'']]
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== References ==
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<ref name="MPC-object">{{cite web
  |title      = 254863 Robinwarren (2005 SM4)
  |work       = Minor Planet Center
  |url        = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=254863
  |access-date = 3 September 2019}}</ref>

<ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive">{{cite web
  |title      = MPC/MPO/MPS Archive
  |work       = Minor Planet Center
  |url        = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html
  |access-date = 3 September 2019}}</ref>

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== External links ==
* {{Nobelprize}} including the Nobel Lecture ''Helicobacter - The Ease and Difficulty of a New Discovery''
* [http://www.vianet.net.au/~jrwarren/ Robin Warrens homepage]

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