Quicker clarity on embryo selection for prospective parents with inherited heart conditions
With a new decision model from researchers at GROW within MUMC+, these prospective parents know more quickly if they qualify for embryo selection.

With a new decision model from researchers at GROW within MUMC+, these prospective parents know more quickly if they qualify for embryo selection.
Type I diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the body's own insulin-producing cells, located in the islets of Langerhans, are destroyed by the body itself. Instead of continuous insulin injections, patients have the option of clinical islet transplantation. This involves placing donor islets in...
The Maastricht Study specialises in conducting microcirculation measurements
A breakthrough in cultured meat research-animal component free production
As of 11 May 2023, the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences is proud to announce that the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands has accredited two new programmes. Prospective students can now apply for the bachelor’s programme Regenerative Medicine and Technology or the master’s...
Oue (former) VHC colleague Nina Bartelink has won the “CaRe Award 2019” for her Cum Laude PhD thesis “Evaluating health promotion in complex adaptive school systems: The Healthy Primary School of the Future”.
R is a programming language and software environment for carrying out computations, manipulating and analyzing data, and creating various types of plots and graphics.
The Societal Impact Project stimulates students’ autonomous motivation to work on societal relevant problems. One of the topics this year is vaping.
In the upcoming months, we’ll share tips on Instagram for our students on how to live a healthier life. Not just a random collection, but tips based on actual research happening at our faculty. The brains behind this idea are Lieve Vonken and Gido Metz, PhD candidates at CAPHRI, the Care and Public...
A major reduction in health care costs per patient and shorter waiting lists, plus an increase in patient satisfaction with no detrimental effects on health outcomes. These are the key results of a multi-year trial of an alternative to regular hospital care dubbed ‘primary plus’.