Innovative stem cell therapy offers hope for restoring muscle strength in rare, inherited muscle disorders

  • UM news

A consortium led by scientists from Maastricht UMC+ is starting clinical trials for an innovative stem cell therapy against genetic muscl

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Agreement universities, universities of applied sciences and ministry signed

  • UM news

The Dutch universities, universitties of applied sciences and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science signed an administrative agr

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'Government should do more to protect the public from health risks'

  • UM news

On 15 July, Maastricht University and GGD Zuid Limburg will say goodbye to Professor Maria Jansen.

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From law to film

  • Featured
  • Human interest

In 1999, Hanneke van der Tas was one of the first students to graduate from UM’s brand new European Law School.

Hanneke van der Tas

Preparations for the Einstein Telescope can continue

  • UM news

The Einstein Telescope will definitely receive 42 million euros from the National Growth Fund.

Diagnosis of skin cancer via quick scan a step closer

  • Researchers

Determining whether a suspected spot on the skin is a basal cell carcinoma - the most common form of skin cancer - can be done in a large

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Circular Engineering: at the intersection of sustainability and technology

  • Featured

This academic year, Maastricht University launched the bachelor’s in Circular Engineering.

Circular Engineering

Is investing in 'bricks' worthwhile? Herengracht index provides historical insight.

  • UM in the press

House prices in the Netherlands have doubled in ten years. Have bricks always become more expensive?

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Thanks to stem cells, scientists can now study the effect of chemicals on the causes of Parkinson’s disease

  • UM news

Parkinson’s is a brain disease whose cause is still largely unknown.

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