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On May 1, 2020, Professor Gerard van Rooij has been appointed Professor of Plasma Chemistry at the Faculty of Science.
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Researchers from the Hubrecht Institute in Utrecht, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, and Maastricht University in the Netherlands have found that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, can infect cells of the intestine and multiply there.
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Is loss of smell and taste a useful indicator for the early diagnosis of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus? This question is the focus of research by the Global Consortium of Chemosensory Research (GCCR), an international consortium of more than 600 doctors and scientists. UM Campus Venlo participates.
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Imre Kouw, who received her PhD from Maastricht University in 2018, is one of 18 Dutch science talents selected to conduct research at institutes abroad with a Rubicon grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Imre Kouw will be putting her research proposal into practice in Adelaide, Australia.
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Researcher Laure Wynants of Maastricht University is concerned about the present situation. Together with a group of international researchers, she assessed all previously available prediction models for the early detection and progression of COVID-19. ‘Most prediction models are currently not scientifically reliable enough to serve as a basis for medical decisions.’