Promoting environmental and health education is crucial to allow students to make conscious decisions based on scientific criteria. The study is based on the outcomes of an Educational Project implemented with Portuguese students and consisted of several activities, aiming to investigate the antibacterial, antitumor and anti-inflammatory properties of plant extracts from autochthones Portuguese plants, with posterior incorporation in soaps and creams.
Promover a educação ambiental e a educação para a saúde é fundamental para que os alunos possam tomar decisões conscientes com base em critérios científicos. Este estudo baseia-se nos resultados de um projeto educacional realizado com alunos portugueses, constituído por várias etapas e com o objetivo de investigar as propriedades antibacterianas, antitumorais e anti-inflamatórias de extratos de plantas autóctones portuguesas e sua posterior incorporação em produtos comercializáveis, tais como sabonetes e cremes.
O investigador João Vinagre foi distinguido com o Prémio Pulido Valente Ciência 2014, por ter identificado que o aumento de uma proteína, a telomerase, é comum em cancros mais agressivos da tiróide, bexiga e do sistema nervoso central.
Monocarboxylate transporter 2 (MCT2) is overexpressed in prostate malignant glands, pointing it out as a putative biomarker for prostate cancer. In this study, it was demonstrated that MCT2 localizes mainly at peroxisomes in prostate cancer cells and is able to take advantage of the peroxisomal transport machinery. It was also shown an increase in MCT2 expression from non-malignant to malignant cells that was directly correlated with its peroxisomal localization.
