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Theo de Kok will give his Inaugural Lecture, entitled “Genes in Concert: a Toxicogenomics Hymn towards disease prevention” on Friday 22 April 2016. The lecture will take place at the University Auditorium - MBB. Time: 16:30
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Doctoral research conducted by Esmée Bijnens (Hasselt University/Maastricht University) found that the more exposure to air pollution during pregnancy, the higher the chance of low birth weight in twins.
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With a score of 63, Maastricht University (UM) has been ranked as the country’s second best general university in the Keuzegids Masters 2016, which was published today.
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As part of her PhD study at Maastricht UMC+, internist-in-training Marieke Rienks discovered that three specific proteins play an important role in heart inflammation.
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The Netherlands Heart Foundation (Hartstichting) announced today its plan to invest six million euros in an innovative treatment method for patients with acute stroke.
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Pregnant women who eat fish more than three times a week give birth to babies who grow more quickly in the first years of life, and have a higher risk of being overweight as pre-schoolers.
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The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) announced today that 32 researchers have each received a €1.5 million Vici grant.
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Each extra hour of daily sedentary time (for example spent sitting at a computer) is associated with 22% increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, concludes new research published in Diabetologia.
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The term “schizophrenia,” with its connotation of hopeless chronic brain disease, should be dropped and replaced with something like “psychosis spectrum syndrome,” argues a professor of psychiatry in The BMJ today.