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Zu viel schwarze Galle
2006 stößt Siglinde Clementi, Forscherin am Kompetenzzentrum für Regionalgeschichte, im Archiv der Churburg auf autobiografische Notizen des Landadeligen Osvaldo Ercole Trapp. Ein seltenes Dokument, das unter anderem Aufschluss über das Körperbild der damaligen Zeit gibt.
The Myth Buster: Robin Warren
Ulcers are caused by stress and diet, right? If you think so, you’re actually in good company because most people will nod their heads in agreement with you. But the truth is almost 35 years ago a little spiral-shaped stomach bacteria known as Helicobacter pylori was fingered as the real culprit. Pathologist J. Robin Warren is one half of the Nobel-Prize-winning duo from Australia that turned the medical establishment on its ear in 1982, when they showed a link between Helicobacter and peptic ulcers. Warren is visiting EURAC in April to take part in the ‘Meetings with Nobel Laureates’ series. Academia caught up with him in his home in Perth, Western Australia to talk about what it takes to usurp a myth.