Applications are now open for a representative on the Transform4Europe (T4EU) Student Council. The selected candidate will represent students from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa on this T4EU body, which is responsible for promoting the interests, needs and opinions of Alliance students. The Student Council is comprised of students from all T4EU member universities, and it aims to […]
Sara Silva Pereira has led the Parasite-Vasculature Interactions Laboratory since 2023, integrated into the Católica Biomedical Research Centre, where she investigates how African trypanosomes, parasites responsible for sleeping sickness, interact with mammalian hosts. Sara Silva Pereira, a researcher at the Católica Biomedical Research Centre (CBR) and lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidade […]
International Day of Persons with Disabilities, observed on December 3rd, raises awareness of rights, dignity, and inclusion. In this context, there is an essential figure who too often remains invisible: the informal caregiver. In this article, Vítor Veríssimo, family doctor and lecturer at the Católica Medical School, reflects on who provides care. December 3rd is […]
A research team at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa has discovered how the flu virus manages to manipulate human cells to reproduce and is developing an antiviral that promises to prevent severe illnesses in the future. 👉 Read the full article: https://expresso.pt/sociedade/ciencia/2025-11-27-a-gripe-sabe-contar-ate-oito-investigadores-portugueses-descobriram-como-bloquear-o-virus-influenza-quando-chega-as-celulas-fc2cf40c
According to researcher Maria João Amorim, this discovery will allow for the treatment of sick people and, in this way, “prevent them from infecting the next person as efficiently, or at least from infecting as many people.” Portuguese researchers are testing ways to block the influenza A virus before it causes infection, which could pave the way for new antiviral drugs […]
This is an opinion article of Joana Boto Fernandes, Invited Teaching Assistant and SkillsLab Assistant at Católica Medical School to CNN Portugal. There are diseases that kill the body. And there are those that numb the memory. HIV infection, in 2025, seems to live in this limbo: undetectable to those who treat it, invisible to […]
Dermamatica, the startup founded by Sam Izadloo — a student at Católica Medical School — has won the “Most Promising Startup” award at the 929 Challenge in Macau! The 929 Challenge brings together participants from China and Portuguese-speaking countries through Macau, fostering connections, collaboration, and the development of sustainable solutions. The 929 Challenge is co-organized […]
