Project led by FCT researcher wins 2011/2012 Scientific Merit Santander Totta/Universidade Nova de Lisboa Award

The Project “NanoTB - Nanodiagnostics for XDRTB at point-of-need”, led by Pedro
Viana Baptista (FCT/UNL) and Miguel Viveiros Bettencourt (IHMT/UNL), was the
winner in the area of Life Science. This project aims the development and optimization
of a tuberculosis’ molecular diagnostics system based on gold nanoparticles capable of
being used in the desired location ("point-of-need “).