{"id":47674,"date":"2025-01-16T14:14:03","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T19:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/medicine\/?page_id=47674"},"modified":"2025-12-04T09:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T14:20:10","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/medicine\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-wrap.wp-block-kadence-rowlayout.kb-row-layout-id47674_efa36c-dc{margin-bottom:0px;}.kb-row-layout-id47674_efa36c-dc > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id47674_efa36c-dc > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id47674_efa36c-dc > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:0px;row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id47674_efa36c-dc{background-image:linear-gradient(130deg,rgb(8,46,88) 22%,rgb(65,118,161) 69%);}.kb-row-layout-id47674_efa36c-dc > 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