Further Reading

Australasian Science

November/December 2005, pages 44-45
A bug that Australians have controlled (by Peter Pockley)
Describes Barry Marshall's life, the first time H. pylori was cultured and the self-experiment.

October 2005, pages 44-45
The curved bug that caused tummy ulcers (by Peter Pockley)
An interview with Robin Warren about his life and the work that won him the Nobel Prize.

September 2005, pages 40-42
How to win a Nobel Prize (by Peter Doherty)
Supplies some helpful hints on what to do to increase your chances of winning a Nobel Prize.

Journal of Clinical Pathology

October 2002, volume 55, pages 284-285.
Helicobacter pylori (by H Eguchi and S F Moss)
This technical article looks at the role of H. pylori in the initiation of programmed cell death and the development of cancer.

New Scientist

11 August 2001, pages 30-33
Dead man walking (by Garry Hamilton)
Raises some questions that still need to be answered about H. pylori and ulcers.

Scientific American

February 2005, pages 24-31
An endangered species in the stomach (by Martin Blaser)
Asks whether eradication of H. pylori is good or bad for public health.

Skeptical Inquirer

November 2004
Bacteria, ulcers, and ostracism? (by Kimball Atwood IV)
Argues that the ten year lag between the discovery and acceptance of H. pylori as the cause of ulcers was normal.