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We examined the history and the impact of the Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Oporto (IPATIMUP), one of Portugal’s most influential scientific institutions. Based on interviews with researchers and collaborators, as well as on an extensive review of bibliographic and institutional sources, this study explores the motivations behind its creation, the challenges faced, and the...
Objectives: The purpose of this article is to review the career of two Portuguese ENTs, Dr. Samuel Allenby Bentes Ruah and Prof. Moisés Carlos Bentes Ruah, in the context of a donation from Dr. Samuel Ruah’s estate. Study Design: Qualitative study Material and Methods: An online search of all information available about Dr. Samuel Ruah and Prof. Carlos Ruah was performed. Afterwards, several interviews were con...
Amadeu Pinto de Araújo Pimenta was born on November 29, 1943 in Ponte de Lima, district of Viana do Castelo. He was Professor of Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP), Director of the Service of General Surgery of the Hospital de São João, President of the Portuguese Society of Surgery, Senior Researcher at the Institute of Pathology and Molecular Immunology at the University...
On the occasion of the centenary of the birth of Abel Sampaio Tavares (28.09.1920) his life is evoked as a doctor, professor at FMUP, man of science and researcher, as a fruitful follower and dynamizer of a school of anatomy whose progress and scientific exchanges at that time would be extended beyond his life and Portugal's borders.
Amato Lusitano (1511-1568) foi a personalidade médica portuguesa de maior destaque no Renascimento. Sentiu os condicionalismos impostos pela intolerância religiosa vivida na época, dada a sua ascendência hebraica. Transitou de lugar em lugar de Lisboa a Salónica na busca incessante do saber e da liberdade de expressão e de prática. Na instabilidade da sua vida houve a constância do reconhecimento generalizado d...