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Led by our researcher and geneticist Masoud Zamani Esteki, researchers at Maastricht UMC+ and GROW developed a technique that can analyze the entire genome – all genes and chromosomes – in a single test. This allows a faster and better determination of which embryos are suitable for a successful pregnancy. This research project has been published in Nature Communications this week. Watch this video to find out how there's now a bridge between two seemingly different fields, as well as a new form of PGT has been coined thanks to this research. Visit Zamani Lab for more information.
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Ahead of the European elections, there are concerns about the state of democracy and rule of law in Europe. In the Netherlands, it is a concern hanging around the formation table. For a long time, Poland seemed to be heading in the same direction as Hungary, but since last October's elections, the tide seems to have turned there. The most important lesson we can learn from Poland? Democracy is not made in the voting booth, but on the streets.
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All in all, when reading about the farmers' protests, few people will have thought "this is good news for the EU. And yet the farm protests might well be just that.
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The European elections are just around the corner. Democracy in the EU has shortcomings, but the EU has mostly lacked political debate in recent decades. It is good that this is changing.
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The first patients were treated with a new technique for complex arrhythmias this week by the Hart+Vaat Centrum at Maastricht UMC+ (MUMC + news).
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Pioneering research could prevent lymphoedema (PhD Maarten Beek).
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Damage to small blood vessels in prediabetes (mumc+ news).
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At the end of December, the book The Maastricht Experiment - On the challenges faced by a young university 1976 – 2016 will be published on the occasion of Maastricht University’s 40th anniversary.
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What factors can help prevent warring parties from reverting to violence and instead create a sustainable peace? This is the central question at the heart of the PhD thesis ‘Sustainable Peacebuilding in Divided Societies’ defended by Ayokunu Adedokun on 20 December 2016.
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Certain types of chemotherapy cause a greater degree of nerve damage than was previously thought (PhD conferral Tonneke Beijers).