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SCIENCE STUDIO: Synthetic Vaccines

Professor of Pathology and Immunology, Manuel Elkin Patarroyo from the National University of Colombia, (Bogota, Colombia) created the first synthetic vaccine.  

Typically vaccines are  a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular disease however Professor Patarroyo has found a way to create the active ingredients in a vaccine synthetically creating the first synthetic vaccine that is effective against malaria.
 
http://latinamericanscience.org/2014/06/an-interview-with-colombian-malaria-researcher-manuel-e-patarroyo/
 
 
Aired May 21, 2017

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