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Professor Barry Marshall is an Australian physician and Nobel laureate best known for his work on Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium that causes stomach ulcers. Marshall's research revolutionized the understanding of stomach ulcers, which were previously thought to be caused by stress or spicy food. For his groundbreaking work, Marshall was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2005, along with his colleague, J. Robin Warren.