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                                            Contact: Marguerite Beck

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA., Aug. 10 -- Dr. Barry Marshall, clinical 
associate professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University 
of Virginia, has been awarded the Distinguished Achievement Award from the 
American Gastroenterological Association (AGA). The annual award recognizes 
an individual who has recently made a specific and monumental contribution 
to the science and practice of gastroenterology.
	Marshall was recognized for his work with Helicobacter pylori
(H. pylori),a bacterium that has been shown to cause ulcers, and is linked 
with gastric cancer and dyspepsia. He has developed a 14-day antibiotic and 
bismuth therapy to eradicate the bacterium and also has devised a breath 
test that confirms the presence of H. Pylori in patients within 20 minutes.
	Founded in 1897, the AGA is one of the oldest medical specialty 
societies in the United States. Its 8,000 members include physicians and 
scientists whose practice or research involves the functioning and disorders 
of the gastrointestinal system.
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                                              August 10, 1995