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Researchers at Maastricht University Medical Center (Maastricht, Netherlands), Máxima Medical Center (Veldhoven, Netherlands) and Athersys Inc. (Cleveland, USA) have shown that stem cell therapy can prevent brain damage in premature infants.
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The Heart Foundation has awarded research grants to twelve talented researchers, six of whom are affiliated with Maastricht UMC+/Maastricht University.
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By recognising blood poisoning on time, while still in the ambulance, the chance of survival significantly increases in an unhealthy situation. That is the conclusion of doctoral research conducted by internist/researcher Lianne Roest from Maastricht UMC+.
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Maastricht University conferred honorary doctorates to professors Detlev Ganten, Susan Rose-Ackerman and Paul de Grauwe during the fortieth Dies Natalis celebrations on 11 January.
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Katie Kuschminder, a postdoctoral researcher at Maastricht University's UNU-MERIT research institute, was awarded a Rubicon grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).
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Having in-depth conversations with young people can help prevent problems associated with cannabis use.
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Deep brain stimulation or DBS has been shown to be effective in treating memory loss, at least this appears to be the case in rats.
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Thanks to relatively new MRI techniques, patients with rectal cancer may benefit from an improved selection process for organ-sparing treatment. These techniques were also used to determine whether this treatment offers a safe alternative to standard surgical procedures for patients with rectal...
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South Limburg carries out high-quality research on colon cancer thanks largely to the strict quality standards that gastroenterologists must comply with. This was one of the conclusions of a study conducted by Chantal le Clercq, research assistant at Maastricht UMC+, on improving exploratory...
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Some parts of our brain that process sound have a subsequent area for each pitch, with successive pitches processed one after the other like the keys on a piano.