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ABSTRACT

Medical research in the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social has been considered one of the most important in this country in quality and quantity. Thanks to the work and leadership of Benito Coquet —who initiated the building of the National Medical Center in 1961— and the work of two pillars of research, Luis Castelazo and Bernardo Sepúlveda, the Institute improved successfully in regards to scientifi c research. In the years that followed, the Institute fostered the professionalization of research, the creation of research units in different areas of science, the incorporation of consolidated groups of researchers, the relationship with other institutions, the incorporation to the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, the editing of a journal to expose outside the work done within the Institute, and the formation of a trust to raise funds for fi nancing. Thanks to all that, institutional research strengthened in all lines, and it was placed fi rst, at certain times, at the national level.

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