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He was born in Ataco,Tolima on March 11, 1946
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He has read several books of medicine in his adolescence.
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He has been the best student from Cundinamarca.
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He has known to Ronald Mackenzie a American Scientist who discovered the virus that causes Bolivian hemorrhagic fever in 1965.
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He has been found in pyjamas making experiments in the laboratory of the university at 4:00pm
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He has graduated in 1970 from National University of Colombia
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He has married with the pediatrician María Cristina Gutierrez in 1971
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He has had three children, Manuel Alfonso, María Cristina and Carlos Gustavo.
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He has specialized in Virology from University of Yale.
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He has specialized in immunology from Rockefeller University and the Karolinsa Institute in Stockholm in 1975.
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He has formuled the vaccine against the malaria in 1984
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He has been postulated thrice to Nobel, twice in chemestry and one in medicine.
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He has nombrated as academic from the Royal Academy of Sciences, of Madrid.
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He has nombrated as academic from the Royal Academy of Physical and Natural Sciences, of Madrid.
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He has donated the vaccine against the malaria to the World Health Organization, on March,1993
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He has received the Edinburg Medal
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He has won Robert Koch Award
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He has won Prince of Asturias Award
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He has received decorations, the of Knight of the Order of San Carlos and Simon Bolivar, both in Colombia.
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He has received many awards and recognition nationals and internationals
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He ha started a laboratory in the Amazon to make molecules and prove in monkeys.
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He has toured Colombia, knowing the lands and cultures diverses, working with indigenous.
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He has traveled to Europe, for realize his researches,
