Manuel Patarroyo, the man who wanted to die on the day of his great discovery

On January 26, 1986, Manuel Elkin Patarroyo wanted to die. On that day, he discovered that the novel malaria vaccine he was testing in Leticia, in the Colombian Amazon, seemed to work in monkeys. He panicked. According to him, he felt responsibility for a discovery of such magnitude, the logistical complications of immunizing millions of people in America or Africa, the burden of international recognition. In the middle of the night, he asked to…

The most recognized Colombian scientist of the 20th century who left a great legacy in the midst of a path of limitations died The article Manuel Elkin Patarroyo and his malaria vaccine that the WHO did not want to approve was originally published in Las2orillas. Copyrights Las2orillas.co