Patarroyo announced a new malaria vaccine in 2011
The pathologist Manuel Elkin Patarroyo in 2011 presented a new vaccine against malaria, which “aspires” to have a total effective immunization or at least 95 percent of cases. “We have some very solid data in this regard, not that I think you have such immunity,” he said.
Colombian scientist, known for developing the first synthetic vaccine against malaria, a mosquito-borne disease ‘Anopheles gambiae, explained that “although it could have been filed” since the vaccine is “dramatically advance”, claim that vaccine to be fully completed and be “perfect” so not to repeat the mistakes of the older vaccine.
Thus, there is still complete the final part of the analysis and perform the test in humans, “but will develop into a very short time,” especially considering that works with a single dose vaccine, which will facilitate their administration in the Third World countries where it is difficult to administer three doses at the same individual. It is developing with the University of the Basque Country its encapsulation.
Once, as he did earlier, the vaccine will be donated, because “there would be no logic to sell it where its development has occurred thanks to the selfless aid from countries like Colombia and Spain.
The vaccine is developed with the search for a “logical and rational methodology, a technique that has managed to develop after 35 years of tireless work on malaria. This technique, “applicable to the development of any vaccine,” is not to focus on all the bacteria, but in ascertaining the physical and chemical characteristics by which a bacterium binds to the cell and to decipher how to block this anchorage.
Today, thanks to this methodology are being developed vaccines against Hepatitis C, tuberculosis, or more recently against the human papilloma virus, which studies are more than 40,000 women, and with which they intend to attack any the virus.
He also thanked the Spanish collaboration, both in the development of the previous vaccine, and the support it has always been the scientific community. For this reason, he regretted cutting the budget for R & D that has suffered the Ministry of Science and Innovation, and for this reason, Patarroyo held a “beg supplication” to the Government not to cut their research, since ” Spain is in a process of spectacular scientific and technological development, which are leading research groups of excellence. ”
Tags: bacterium, immunity, malaria, papilloma virus
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