Nobelist Professor Barry Marshall helps China to raise awareness on Helicobacter pylori

The legendary Australian Nobelist Professor Barry Marshall is deepening his research on Helicobacter pylori, a tummy bacteria that can develop stomach cancer. He is expending his research in China and exploring the hidden function of the bug, helping to reduce allergies, like asthma.

Nobel Prize-winning West Australian scientist Barry Marshall is helping China to raise awareness on Helicobacter pylori. Source: The Nobel Prize

Professor Barry Marshall became the Global Impact Award winner of this year's Advance Awards. 

As a Nobelist, Professor Marshall's medical research has truly spread impacts on the global scale. He raised awareness on Helicobacter pylori, a tummy bacteria that can develop stomach cancer in China. He is also running a business which explores the potential of using the bacteria to treat allergies.   

Professor Barry Marshall received 2018 Advance Award Source: The Advance Awards

Professor Marshall once drank a concoction of the same bacteria to prove it caused stomach ulcers and as a result was named the 2005 Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine along with his colleague Dr Robin Warren.

Professor Marshall shared his stories with SBS Mandarin.

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