{"id":1072808,"date":"2026-10-29T10:52:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufp.pt\/?p=1072808"},"modified":"2026-10-30T09:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T09:37:16","slug":"texbiosafe-new-research-project-at-ufp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ufp.pt\/en\/texbiosafe-novo-projeto-de-investigacao-na-ufp\/","title":{"rendered":"TexBioSafe: new research project at UFP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1072808\" class=\"elementor elementor-1072808\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ed08365 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6ed08365\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-398dfd59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"398dfd59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fernando Pessoa University (UFP) has approved another research project with TexBioSafe \u2013 Biological monitoring of hospital textiles, whose principal investigator at the institution is the lecturer and researcher Ricardo Magalh\u00e3es. Dedicated to the microbiological monitoring of hospital textiles, the research aims to contribute to reducing the risk of infections and the spread of antibiotic resistance. 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