1983 -Prof. Wallace Peters-

Professor Wallace Peters

King Faisal Prize in Medicine 1983 Laureate

Topic: "Malaria"

Nothing is impossible … it needs patience, it needs a long period of time, and the acceptance that you cannot run before you can walk

Nationality: United Kingdom
Born: 1/4/1924, London, England, United Kingdom
Professor Wallace Peters was awarded the prize for his status as a world authority on the mechanisms of action of antimalarial drugs re-emphasizing his role in the development of more effective combinations of drugs to combat the developing resistance of malaria parasites to treatment with drugs that had lost their effectiveness. Particular reference was made to prof. Peters’ encyclopedic book on antimalarial drugs that have guided the research on malarial therapy all over the world.
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