Services Centres
IPATIMUP Diagnostics -
IPATIMUP
Its mission is to provide optimal services of surgical pathology and cytopathology, molecular pathology, genetic diagnosis, and parentage and genetic identification. This Unit is accredited by the College of American Pathologists, while it is enrolled in other Quality Control Programs. It has state-of-the-art equipment, namely a Next Generation platform. It is a reference center for several pharmaceutical companies for specific analysis and works with most of the main Portuguese Hospitals.
Its mission is to provide optimal services of surgical pathology and cytopathology, molecular pathology, genetic diagnosis, and parentage and genetic identification. This Unit is accredited by the College of American Pathologists, while it is enrolled in other Quality Control Programs. It has state-of-the-art equipment, namely a Next Generation platform. It is a reference center for several pharmaceutical companies for specific analysis and works with most of the main Portuguese Hospitals.
Center for Predictive and Preventive Genetics -
IBMC - Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology
At the outpatient clinic, patients and families with genetic diseases are observed and counselled by a multi-disciplinary team. At our molecular genetics lab, diagnostic, carrier, presymptomatic and prenatal tests are available for a large number of diseases. A quality management system is in place, and a formal request for accreditation has already been filed to IPAQ. The DNA/cell-line bank storages many thousands of samples, coupled with clinical and pedigree data.
At the outpatient clinic, patients and families with genetic diseases are observed and counselled by a multi-disciplinary team. At our molecular genetics lab, diagnostic, carrier, presymptomatic and prenatal tests are available for a large number of diseases. A quality management system is in place, and a formal request for accreditation has already been filed to IPAQ. The DNA/cell-line bank storages many thousands of samples, coupled with clinical and pedigree data.