The Integrated Master in Medicine, at University of Algarve, celebrates, this year, 10 years of existence. The integrated master of Medicine at the University of Algarve (MIM-UAlg) is an innovative degree in Portugal, following a learning philosophy used and proved successful in [...]

Scientists have discovered that certain changes in the TERT gene contribute to the progression of this type of cancer. Understanding the mechanism may open a new perspective on a more personalized form of therapy for one of the most common [...]

The Centre for Biomedical Research (CBMR) have a new director. Clévio Nóbrega, principal investigator on the field of molecular neuroscience and gene therapy, takes the lead of a group of experienced researchers, with relevant scientific output and strong track records regarding [...]

Vítor Fernandes, CBMR researcher, gave, recently, an interview to the radio program “90 Segundos de Ciência”, from Antena 1.   This research uncovered the cause behind the eclipse phase of pneumonia, a phase after infection in which the bacteria responsible [...]

Wolfgang Link, CBMR researcher, has recently edited the book “FOXO – Transcription Factors” by Humana Press (New York).  This volume provides an overview of experimental procedures and state-of art methods to investigate FOXOs. Chapters guide readers through biochemical and molecular methods, [...]

Clévio Nóbrega and his team found that cordycepin may be, in the future, a strategy to delay the progression of Machado-Joseph disease, and even other neurodegenerative diseases.   Clévio Nóbrega, researcher at the Centre for Biomedical Research, published, in the [...]

Cláudia Florindo, CBMR researcher, will be one of the speakers of the “IV Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopy Course”. The miscroscopy couse will be held from 24th to 28th September, at the Microscopy Imaging Center of Coimbra – Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (MICC-CNC).   [...]

Researchers found that guardians of cell division can also contribute to an increase in genetic errors  [...]

Ciência 2018 is the latest edition of the annual meeting of Portuguese researchers. [...]

Wolfgang Link, researcher at the Center for Biomedical Research (CBMR), at the University of Algarve, has just published in the scientific journal The Lancet Oncology, a comment that aims to discuss and question the high price paid by taxpayers for current [...]