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He Was born in the year 1946, in Ataco (Tolima, Colombia)
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At 8 years old he wanted to make vaccines
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He and his family were displaced by violence, had moved to the city of Girardot in Cundinamarca.
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He studied in the Faculty of Medicine at National University of Colombia
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He graduated as a doctor in medicine and surgery
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Subsequently specialized in Immunology, through post-graduate studies at the Rockefeller Foundation in Bogota.
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Work at the Rockefeller University in New York with professor Kunkel
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Was able to identify a genetic marker associated with rheumatic fever
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Identifies the genetic predisposition of tuberculosis, the letter and the rheumatic fever
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He was a professor at the national university of Colombia
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He became head the Institute of Immunology at the National University, located in the Hospital of San Juan de Dios, Bogotá.
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The team led by Patarroyo discovered a synthetic vaccine against malaria.
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Patarroyo was awarded by the Nobel Academy of Sweden with the prezi award to the excellence in the Latin American research investigatio.
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He was chosen academic foreign of the current royal of exact, physical and sciences natural of Spain.
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He presented a method for detecting the presence of tuberculosis in a 24 hour period.
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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.
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He officially launched the SPF66 vaccine, able to combat one of the most virulent forms of malaria.
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He won the national award of Urology sintex.
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He won national awards lederle and sandoz of internal medicine.
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He reached an agreement to conduct part of his research at the public University of Navarra.
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He designed new early diagnosis of cancer of uterus with only a drop of blood.
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Prince viana of the solidarity award won.
