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