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Notably, Marshall proved in 1985 that the bacteria caused gastric inflammation by infecting himself, then curing his condition with antibiotics.

I believe we have here the opportunity for a remarkable first:
for a scientist to win both a Nobel Prize and IgNobel Prize the same year for the same work! a Nobel Prize for proving ulcers are caused by bacteria, and an IgNobel Prize for doing so by deliberately giving himself a wicked-bad stomach ache and then curing it!