Question

Who were awarded Nobel Prize for discovery of treatment for peptic ulcers ?

Answer 1

Peptic ulcers:

1. Peptic ulcers are open sores that grow on the stomach lining and the upper portion of the small intestine.
2. Stomach pain is the most common symptom of this disease.
3. Gastric ulcers that occur on the inside of the stomach are examples of peptic ulcers.
4. Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are the most common treatment for peptic ulcers.
5. The most common causes of peptic ulcers are infection with the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)

Discovery of treatment for peptic ulcers:

1. Marshall and Warren get Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine, in 2005 for the discovery of a treatment for peptic ulcers.