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  • Municipality and UM start cooperation with Hospi Housing

    UM and the Municipality of Maastricht have commissioned social housing company Hospi Housing to stimulate the rental of rooms in Maastricht. In this way the UM and the municipality want to increase the supply of housing for students in the next two years.

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  • Extra research groups to strengthen top institutes MERLN and M4i

    DThe multimillion-euro investment in the LINK programme by the Province of Limburg, Maastricht University (UM) and Maastricht UMC+ (MUMC+) has achieved its targets. And the LINK programme is to have a sequel: UM and MUMC+ will be investing eight million euros in MERLN and M4i in the coming years to...

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  • Large-scale study on cuts in numbers of tobacco outlets in the Netherlands

    The Dutch government has pledged to cut the number of tobacco points of sale and thus reduce the visibility of tobacco in society. From 2024, supermarkets will no longer be allowed to sell tobacco. This week will see the start of a large-scale study over four years on the implementation and effects...

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  • UM to coordinate nationwide research project to unravel skin diseases

    The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has, within the framework of Research along Routes by Consortia (NWA-ORC), awarded the research project Next Generation Immuno-Dermatology (NGID) with a prestigious grant of 11.7 million Euro. NGID is a nationwide, large-scale project to unravel novel biomarkers for...

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  • Workplace education programme for secondary school teachers in Limburg

    Maastricht University and Radboud University’s teacher training academies are to intensify their cooperation to address the shortage of secondary school teachers. The joint workplace education programme will make it easier for existing and aspiring teachers in Limburg to obtain a teaching...

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  • Energy metabolism in muscles of active seniors almost on par with young people

    Muscles of elderly people who exercise regularly display almost the same metabolism as those of young people, according to a joint study on aging in muscle tissues by scientists from Maastricht University (UM) and Amsterdam UMC. The research suggests that people can largely reverse the aging of...

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  • Patients with schizophrenia hardly represented in antipsychotic drug studies

    No less than 80 per cent of patients who are prone to psychosis are left out of clinical studies on the effectiveness of antipsychotics. These drug studies apply strict exclusion criteria, which means that only the least ill patients participate, such as those who are susceptible to psychosis, but...

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  • Green light for LIME 2.0 care innovation programme

    The Province of Limburg has awarded a second tranche of subsidy of 2,040,000 euros to the 'Kennis-As' project LIME (LImburg MEet). LIME has proven itself in recent years as an accessible and interdisciplinary knowledge center and innovation platform for healthcare.

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