ALZHEIMER DISEASE Research in Portugal What is the Alzheimer Disease? The Alzheimer patient and his family What is a prion?

MALARIA Research in Portugal The death figures Malaria and sickle-cell anaemia

IMUNOLOGY Lymphocytes of all countries - Unite!!!

MACHADO-JOSEPH DISEASE The research in Portugal An ataxia without cure Predicting Test Program and Genetic Counselling What is the Machado-Joseph Disease? The spreading of the disease around the World

INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN EUROPE

HIV AND VIRAL DISEASES

STOMACH CANCER Helicobacter pylori:"An in-growing nail in mankind" Prevention rather than cure

AIDS The linfocits suicide The assintomatics and those who are seronegative The opportunists diseases

AMYLOIDOSIS Portugal in the forefront of studies on amyloidosis Amyloidosis Guilty or not guilty? Therapies?

CANCER AS A CELLELAR DISEASE: CITOLOGY The research in Portugal The role of Cytometry Cytometry against cancer

HERPES To be or not to be a young scientist in Portugal 95% of the world population is infected with the herpes virus An Institute with peculiar characteristics! Scientist and surfist

CANCER PREVENTION Stress does cause cancer Lifestyle is important Tips on how to combat stress

CEREBRAL ISCHAEMIA When the unexpected happens Coimbra Centre of Neuroscience Cerebrovascular accidents are the third major cause of death What is cerebral ischaemia?

PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY The race to catch the boat The enduring pleasure of working in science Our scientists Cancer: the light at the end of the tunnel?

TUBERCULOSIS The 21st Century Disease From pre-historic to modern times Infection and disease are not the same thing! After the Infection, what are the chances?

MALARIA The neverending circle A visit to the laboratories of Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical From the beginning to our days

REVOLUTINONARY THERAPY IN GENETICS Trying to find a definite solution The different kinds of therapy Cooperation versus competition

DIABETES Research in Portugal Diabetes affects 620 thousand Portuguese Who is at risk? The golden rules of prevention

AUTISM Autism affects one in every thousand children Symptomes of autism A disease of many genes In the hope of a cure Research in Portugal

PATHOLOGIES OF SIGHT Interview with António Travassos and Robert van Velze