Pedro Viana Baptista's project distinguished by Gilead GÉNESE Program
Tuberculosis (TB) is the main cause of death among HIV/AIDS patients worldwide. One of the main hurdles to effectively tackle this issue is the difficulty posed by the accurate molecular diagnostics of TB in HIV+ individuals. Also, the WHO recommends that all TB patients be screened for HIV infection. As such, there is a global need for fast and accurate detection platforms for TB/HIV that are non-invasive and might reduce the economic burden of current molecular assays.
BIOTESTE Project received an Honorable Mention in the 10th edition of the Green Project Awards
The project BIOTESTE - rapid diagnostic tests based on biopolymer produced by bacteria from food waste received an Honorable Mention in the 10th edition of the Green Project Awards, whose award ceremony took place on 2018 January 12 at the Centro de Congressos da Alfândega do Porto.
Ana Freitas’s publication highlighted as an Editor’s Choice in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
An important finding has been published in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy by Ana R. Freitas, Houyem Elghaieb et al., from the Bact-Drugs Lab at UCIBIO in Faculdade de Farmácia-Universidade do Porto (FFUP), led by Luísa Peixe, Professor at FFUP.