Their work has stimulated research into microbes as possible reasons for other chronic inflammatory conditions, such as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and atherosclerosis, the Nobel assembly said.
People who get Atherosclerosis don't have it for long.
Atherosclerosis is a chronic disease, which means it is long lasting or recurring.  That makes the statement false.
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