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LIFE OF MANUEL ELKIN PATARROYO

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  • BORN

    BORN
    He Was born in the year 1946, in Ataco (Tolima, Colombia)

  • CHILDHOOD

    CHILDHOOD
    At 8 years old he wanted to make vaccines

  • FAMILY

    FAMILY
    He and his family were displaced by violence, had moved to the city of Girardot in Cundinamarca.

  • STUDIES

    STUDIES
    He studied in the Faculty of Medicine at National University of Colombia

  • GRADUATION

    GRADUATION
    He graduated as a doctor in medicine and surgery

  • SPECIALIZATION

    SPECIALIZATION
    Subsequently specialized in Immunology, through post-graduate studies at the Rockefeller Foundation in Bogota.

  • WORK

    WORK
    Work at the Rockefeller University in New York with professor Kunkel

  • ACHIEVEMENTS

    ACHIEVEMENTS
    Was able to identify a genetic marker associated with rheumatic fever

  • ACHIEVEMENTS

    ACHIEVEMENTS
    Identifies the genetic predisposition of tuberculosis, the letter and the rheumatic fever

  • TEACHER

    TEACHER
    He was a professor at the national university of Colombia

  • WORK

    WORK
    He became head the Institute of Immunology at the National University, located in the Hospital of San Juan de Dios, Bogotá.

  • DISCOVERY

    DISCOVERY
    The team led by Patarroyo discovered a synthetic vaccine against malaria.

  • PRIZE

    PRIZE
    Patarroyo was awarded by the Nobel Academy of Sweden with the prezi award to the excellence in the Latin American research investigatio.

  • elected

    elected
    He was chosen academic foreign of the current royal of exact, physical and sciences natural of Spain.

  • DISCOVERED

    DISCOVERED
    He presented a method for detecting the presence of tuberculosis in a 24 hour period.

  • PERFORMED

    PERFORMED
    Patarroyo turned down an offer of 60 million dollars of a biochemical laboratory and ceded the rights of exploitation of the malaria vaccine to the World Health Organization.

  • SHOWED

    SHOWED
    He officially launched the SPF66 vaccine, able to combat one of the most virulent forms of malaria.

  • WIN

    WIN
    He won the national award of Urology sintex.

  • WIN

    WIN
    He won national awards lederle and sandoz of internal medicine.

  • RESEARCH

    RESEARCH
    He reached an agreement to conduct part of his research at the public University of Navarra.

  • DISCOVER

    DISCOVER
    He designed new early diagnosis of cancer of uterus with only a drop of blood.

  • WIN

    WIN
    Prince viana of the solidarity award won.