Corino Andrade
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Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (founder) |
Mário Corino da Costa Andrade (10 June 1906 in
familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) syndrome that later came to be associated with his name (Corino de Andrade disease).[1]
Corino was a founder of the
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, a major bioscience research institute located in Porto
.
A staunch opponent of the Salazar regime, Andrade was imprisoned by the Portuguese Secret Police (PIDE) for belonging to a political group critical of the government.[1]
He spent a great deal of time collaborating with scientists abroad and had a profound effect on the structure and organization of the current healthcare system in northern Portugal.
References
- ^ a b "Mário Corino de Andrade, neurólogo portugués que identificó la paramiloidosis". El País (in Spanish). 20 June 2005. Retrieved 20 December 2010.