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Nobel Prize Awarded for Stomach Ulcer Discovery
gollum123 writes to tell us the BBC is reporting that the Nobel prize for medicine has been awarded to two Australian scientists for their work with ulcers. Their research has shown that the majority of ulcers are caused by bacteria and can be cured with a short-term course of drugs and antibiotics. From the article: "Dr Marshall proved that H. pylori caused gastic inflammation by deliberately infecting himself with the bacterium. The Nobel citation praises the doctors for their tenacity, and willingness to challenge prevailing dogmas."
.....that's giving me indigestion.
"Dr Marshall proved that H. pylori caused gastic inflammation by deliberately infecting himself with the bacterium. The Nobel citation praises the doctors for their tenacity, and willingness to challenge prevailing dogmas."
:)
Only in Australia would scientists prove how a medical condition occurs by deliberately infecting themselves with it.
Nice one mates
Dr Marshall proved that H. pylori caused gastic inflammation by deliberately infecting himself with the bacterium.
Yeah, yeah. I'm sure he was trying to find the cause of ulcers. Pffft. Why doesn't he just admit it. He wanted to become a super-hero so he infected himself. He forgot one important step. The bacteria was supposed to be radioactive first!
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This is an automated reply from the Nobel Committee to thank you for submitting your discovery.
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Infect the researchers.
There are no loopholes. It's either legal or it's not.
Now if only the evolutionists had someone like that working with them!
Oops, here come the monkey police to mod me into oblivion, proving the point.
Stop bellyaching. It's a long journey from the first the germ of an idea to publishing a tract on the subject, digesting the feedback, ruminating on the implications, eliminating any remaining doubts and finally putting your theory to the acid test. Not everyone has the stomach for it.
Smart thinking. You either get a Nobel Prize or a Darwin Award. A win-win situation.
Yeah, it too real guts to go bacter the lab...
Dr Marshall proved that H. pylori caused gastic inflammation by deliberately infecting himself with the bacterium
just 1 step away from winning the darwinian award.
And all this time I thought it was the pizza, beer, nachos and salsa I cram into my face daily. Now that I know it's bacteria, I have to make a call for some anti-biotics...and another double pepperoni!
"Study your math, kids. Key to the universe." -The Archangel Gabriel
It was still pretty gutsy!
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You know, if it takes 20 years to get the nobel and they dont give it post mortem.... well.... this might qualify you for a darwin rather than a nobel :p
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He infected /himself/? I thought that was what TA's and Post-grads were for.
The Nobel Prize committee is almost as slow as Slashdot. The actual discovery, per TFA, was made in 1982.
Yeah, but I bet the Nobel Committee only gives them the prize once.
You'd be right, except for the fact that God told me you were wrong.
But can someone tell me which drugs and antibiotics I should give to my PHB in order to cure my ulcers?
This shbazjinkens is brilliant, he comes from out of nowhere, with no record of any education, and publishes AMAZING papers in various fields. He is a true genius. The only thing I don't understand, is why all of his research papers are sub-titled "First post! 1 R teh 3133 h4x0r5!!11!1eleven!!one!".
Wait, we've known all that about Midichlorians since the 80's, and we still don't have any real Jedi?