A team of Portuguese researchers discovered a “broad spectrum” cancer suppressor – called LRP1B – which acts by removing proteins crucial for cancer development from the tumor environment. LRP1B is a protein/receptor on the cell membrane with the function to carry molecules from outside to the inside of the cell. The team includes researcher Hugo […]
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Scientists unveil cancer suppressor gene – Porto
Posted on 30 March 2011.
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4th Senior International Golf Championship – Estoril
Posted on 30 March 2011.
The 4th Portuguese Senior Mens’s International Championship golf tournament will take place at Golf Estoril, Portugal, from April 25th to May 1st, 2011. Participants will be competing for the “Taça José de Sousa e Mello”. Tournament is limited to 93 players by order of handicap. Limited to 8,3 handicap. Both tournaments are played Gross and have […]
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2010 North-South Prize awarded – Lisbon
Posted on 29 March 2011.
The 2010 North-South Prize winners -Louise Arbour (Canada) and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Brazil) – were awarded today, March 29, in Lisbon, at the Portuguese Parliament, at a ceremony presided by President Anibal Cavaco Silva among many other personalities. Louise Arbour was born on 10 February 1947 in Montreal, Quebec. She began her academic career […]
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First to meet fuel-efficiency goals – Portugal
Posted on 29 March 2011.
Portugal is the first country to meet the goals set fuel-efficiency for cars in the European Union which goals are to decrease car emissions down to 130 grams of CO2 by km by 2015. Average car emissions in Portugal’s new car market were 127.4 grams in 2010, followed by France, Denmark and Italy, which were […]
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José Macedo poker prodigy is in hiding
Posted on 29 March 2011.
Little is known about Portuguese poker prodigy José Macedo because he is in hiding. He has not been seen for months given the fact that he was under age at the time he played poker online and amassed a small fortune. Macedo is said to have made a staggering US$1, 624, 044, 95 profits from […]
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Property prices fall further – Portugal
Posted on 29 March 2011.
Real estate prices continue to fall in Portugal – every month since December – reflecting the current political and economic crisis aggravated since the resignation of socialist Prime Minister José Socrates last week. As a consequence of the economic downturn, the free-fall in property value is being amplified by higher unemployment and the political uncertainly for […]
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