- 2015
- What's on? - 16.06.2015
BACCALAURÉAT 2015: D-1
Starting on Wednesday 17 June, nearly 700,000 candidates, from 13 to 93 years of age[1], will be taking the baccalauréat state examination. These exam periods, often synonymous with stress and fatigue, are a tough ordeal for our mind and body. On the eve of the written examinations, your notification to attend, bag and piece of identification […]
- Press releases - 09.06.2015
Impact of environmental exposure to insecticides on the cognitive development of 6 year old children
In an article , researchers from Inserm in association with the Laboratory for Developmental and Educational Psychology, LPDE (, provide new evidence of neurotoxicity in humans from pyrethroid insecticides, which are found in a wide variety of products and uses.
- Press releases - 08.06.2015
Discovery of an anti-inflammatory molecule produced by gut bacteria
Researchers at INRA, INSERM, AP-HP, and UPMC have just discovered a new protein with anti-inflammatory properties, which has been named MAM (microbial anti-inflammatory molecule)
- Press releases - 02.06.2015
Friday 5 June: World Environment Day
On 15 June 1972, the United Nations celebrated World Environment Day for the first time. Since that day, every year on the same date, the major issues in environmental conservation are given prominence in over 100 countries, a day devoted to the protection of the planet and the future of mankind, which is inseparable from the fate of the ecosystem.
- What's on? - 02.06.2015
Friday 5 June: World Environment Day
On 15 June 1972, the United Nations celebrated World Environment Day for the first time. Since that day, every year on the same date, the major issues in environmental conservation are given prominence in over 100 countries, a day devoted to the protection of the planet and the future of mankind, which is inseparable from the […]
- Press releases - 01.06.2015
HIV: new indicators for improving access to treatments for HIV
This study led by Dominique Costagliola (Joint Research Unit S 1136 – Inserm/UPMC) proposes two new indicators enabling the evaluation of interventions implemented in the field to hasten access to treatments.
- Press releases - 29.05.2015
Excess caffeine harmful to the body
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has just announced that consumption of more than 400 milligrams of caffeine per day (i.e. 4 espressos) may be harmful for health.
- What's on? - 29.05.2015
Excess caffeine harmful to the body
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has just announced that consumption of more than 400 milligrams of caffeine per day (i.e. 4 espressos) may be harmful for health. Caffeine consumed in high doses may be involved in cardiovascular disorders and problems of the nervous system (sleep, anxiety, etc.). Below this threshold of 400 mg per […]
- Press releases - 27.05.2015
Intelligent bacteria for detecting disease
Another step forward has just been taken in the area of synthetic biology. Research teams from Inserm and CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research) Montpellier, in association with Montpellier Regional University Hospital and Stanford University, have transformed bacteria into “secret agents” that can give warning of a disease based solely on the presence of characteristic molecules in the urine or blood.
- News in brief - 26.05.2015
Using Google Trends for suicide prevention?
“Google” is currently the most widely used search engine in the world. Google Trends is a tool that performs a statistical analysis of words entered in the search engine. During the influenza H1N1 epidemic in 2009, a strong spike in searches for the word “influenza” was observed in regions where the epidemic had begun. Thus […]