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By Nathan Seppa, Peter Weiss and Aimee Cunningham

- More than 2 years ago

TOUGH CUSTOMER. Scientists had thought that no microbe could live in the acidic stomach, but Helicobacter pylori proved them wrong. Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine

Physiology or Medicine

Two Australian scientists who showed that bacteria can cause stomach ulcers have won the 2005 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.