The cycle of seminars of the Master's Degree in Biomedicine of Fernando Pessoa University and the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) will continue on October 21st, with a session that will address the topic “Diversity of Modern Therapeutics and Their Targets”.

The guest speaker for the Wednesday session will be Patrick J Kennedy (PhD, FMUP, RISE-Health), and the presentation focuses on the development of new therapeutic strategies and biological targets for Parkinson's disease, integrating the speaker's current research at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP). The seminar explores how the diversity of modern approaches can halt the progression or treat the symptoms of this neurodegenerative pathology.