Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute

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The ICBAS main building.
The ICBAS main building.

The Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar - ICBAS (in English Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute) is a medical and biosciences school, located in Porto, Portugal. It is also a renowned biomedicine research center, operating as an autonomous unit of the University of Porto, and was founded in 1975.

Along with traditional medicine, including specialities such as oncology, public health and mental health, it also teaches acupuncture, marine biology, veterinary medicine, biochemistry and bioengineering.

It is named after Abel Salazar (1889-1946), a Portuguese physician, lecturer, researcher and painter who worked and lived in Porto.

“Médico que só sabe de medicina nem de Medicina sabe”

[edit] Student life

The Students Group for the Promotion of Integrative Medicine was founded in 2004. The students association - AEICBAS - has a website - www.aeicbasup.pt

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