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New all-Portuguese documentary, broadcast on one of the main television channels, features FCT-funded biodiversity, conservation and heatlh research projects.

A new documentary, produced in Portugal and broadcast on one of the main television channels, includes projects funded by the FCT.

FCT-led project is setting out a scientifically robust basis to monitor the priority areas of the R&I Smart Specialization Strategy.

FCT leads a project that establishes a solid scientific basis for monitoring the priority areas of the R&I Strategy for Intelligent Specialization. 

The first crystal structure of an enzyme that processes drugs in the liver paves the way for drugs that are more successful in clinical trials 

The first 3D structure of an enzyme that processes drugs in the liver could enable the development of drugs that are more effective in clinical trials.

Sergio Costa's FCT-funded PhD on business model change of early university spin-offs has been considered the best doctoral thesis in the world in 2015, by the Academy of Management.

Sérgio Costa's PhD thesis, funded by the FCT, on the evolution of university spin-offs, was considered the best in the world in 2015 by the Academy of Management.

FCT-funded research has produced a mathematical model for how new blood vessels form from existing ones, in both health and diseases such as cancer and diabetes.

A study funded by FCT has produced a mathematical model that explains the formation of new blood vessels in health and disease situations, such as cancer and diabetes.

First results of a study into female genital mutilation (FGM) in Portugal suggest that over 6 500 women may have been subjected to the practice.

The first results on the prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Portugal point to more than 6,500 women who may have been subjected to the practice.