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Nothing helped 115kg Lisette to lose weight, until she took part in an experiment as a test subject. With
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It is well known that your muscles age over time, but research by Maastricht University and the Amsterdam University Medical Centre (UMC) has shown that you can also reverse the ageing of your muscles
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De helft van de volwassenen in Nederland had vorig jaar overgewicht, en dat is net zoveel als bij de invoering van het Nationaal Preventieakkoord in 2018. Het doel daarvan is onder meer om overtollige kilo's te bestrijden.
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Do the municipalities in Limburg know how to get people with a distance to the labor market back into work again? This question is central to a long-term study by Maastricht University.
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Scientists and cardiologists have known for decades that once a piece of heart muscle has died, for example due to a heart attack, it will never grow back. However, a research group from Maastricht University led by Professor Leon de Windt has now shown that by tinkering with microRNAs, heart muscle cells can indeed be prompted to regenerate. The research was published earlier this month in Nature Communications.
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People who travel to distant destinations often take multi-resistant intestinal bacteria back home as a souvenir. These are bacteria that are not (any longer) sensitive to the usual antibiotics. This is shown by recent research by microbiologists from Maastricht University.
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Two of the three finalists competing for the title of Science Talent 2021 are affiliated with Maastricht University (UM).
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The UM research institute GROW and the Maastricht UMC+ Oncology Centre and have together been accredited as a Comprehensive Cancer Centre by the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI).
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Psychologist Felicitas Biwer from Maastricht University (UM) is one of the twelve new "Faces of Science". This platform offers a glimpse into the world of PhD students, especially for 5 and 6 VWO students