Manuel Elkin Patarroyo

Manuel Elkin Patarroyo Murillo (November 3, 1946 – January 9, 2025)[1] was a Colombian academic, immunologist and pathologist. He was known for making the world's first attempt to create a synthetic vaccine against the protozoal parasite Plasmodium falciparum, the cause of severe malaria.[2] He worked at the Hospital San Juan de Dios and National University of Colombia.

Patarroyo was a recipient of the TWAS Prize (1998).[3] He was born in Ataco, Colombia.

Pararroyo died on January 9, 2025 in Bogotá, Colombia at the age of 78.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Fundación Príncipe de Asturias. Manuel Elkin Patarroyo Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish). Premiados, Investigación Científica y Técnica, 1994.
  2. ↑ Holloway, M. (1996) Profile: Manuel Elkin Patarroyo – The Man Who Would Conquer Malaria, Scientific American 275(6), 52-56.
  3. ↑ "Prizes and Awards". The World Academy of Sciences. 2016.
  4. ↑ Murió el científico colombiano Manuel Elkin Patarroyo (in Spanish)

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