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Cardiac muscles cells are considered difficult to regrow and the differentiation process is costly. To address this problem, a research team from the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS), University of Macau (UM), invented two new methods to generate heart cells in vitro with high consistency and quality, without using expensive and complicated supplements. This is a key step toward the generation of heart cells for cell therapy and drug screening. The study has been published in the renowned journalCell Reports.
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Due to the development of the novel coronavirus and business adjustment, CTT Macao would like to inform that the services of underneath Post Offices will be suspended with effect from 9^th March 2020 until further notice:
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Due to the global spread of the novel coronavirus, the Cultural affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym), after a careful evaluation of the risks of the epidemic, announced the cancellation of the 31^st Macao Arts Festival scheduled for May 2020.
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Starting from 5^th March 2020, exhibition galleries of Communications Museum of CTT will open to the public, from Monday to Sunday: 9:00~17:30 and, the museum shop remains opening from Monday to Friday: 9:00~13:00, 14:30~17:45 (Friday 17:30) until further notice.
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The Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) has cemented its position as a leading global provider of education in hospitality and leisure management by achieving its highest rating in the “QS World University Rankings by Subject”.
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The Monetary Authority of Macao (AMCM) lowered the Base Rate of the Discount Window today (4 March 2020) by 50 basis points to 1.50%.
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The Maritime Museum, which was temporarily closed earlier due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, will reopen starting from 4 March 2020. In response to the prevention and control efforts made by the Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region, all visitors entering the Museum are required to wear their own face masks, receive temperature checks and present their personal health declarations for the day. Once the Museum reopens, visitors are advised to cope with the implementation of restriction on visitor flow and regular cleaning.
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Since the novel coronavirus outbreak, the University of Macau (UM) has been working closely with 17 external service providers to ensure strict implementation of anti-epidemic measures on campus. Today (2 March),as the university resumes normal operation, Rector Yonghua Song expresses his thanks to more than 300 workers from these third-party companies for their hard work in safeguarding the health of all UM students, faculty, and staff, and for their efforts in ensuring a steady supply of daily necessities on campus.
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Prof Liu Jianhong, Distinguished Professor and associate dean of the University of Macau’s (UM) Faculty of Social Sciences, has been appointed an advisor to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Asia-Pacific Regional Centre for Excellence on Criminal Justice Statistics, in recognition of his work related to illegal drug problems and crime prevention.
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The second review of the “7^th Subsidy Programme for Fashion Design on Sample Making”, organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym), has been completed and a total of eight applicants were selected. IC will grant each eligible applicant a subsidy of up to MOP170,000 for sample making and promotional work.
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