CV Lattes
Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina (FM) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
graduation at Biomédicas from Universidade de Santo Amaro (1979), master's at Genetics from Universidade de São Paulo (1986) and doctorate at Genetics from Universidade de São Paulo (1994). Has experience in Genetics, focusing on Mutagenesis, acting on the following subjects: gstm1, micronuclei, micronúcleos, bancos de dna and fish. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Head and neck cancer (HNC), which includes cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx and larynx, is the sixth most common type of tumor and comprises about 6% of all cancers. More than 500,000 new cases and 300,000 deaths from HNC are expected per year all over the world. In Brazil, about 14,000 new cases are estimated for 2014, considering only tumors of the oral cavity. The risks of HNC are a…
The disappearance of children and adolescents is a serious problem in Brazil, where the records are alarming about 40,000 cases a year and about 9,000 only in the State of São Paulo, according to data from the Civil Police. Among children and adolescents, disappearances occur mainly by running away from home as a result of domestic violence (physical abuse, intrafamilial sexual abuse, dom…
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