- 2015
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Press releases - 25.08.2015
A new virus in liver cancer
More than a cause of a simple infection, viruses are often involved in the development of serious diseases. Such is the case with liver cancer, which often develops in an organ that has been weakened by hepatitis B or C virus. Researchers at Inserm have just identified the role of a new virus, hitherto unsuspected, in the occurrence of a rare type of liver cancer.
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Press releases - 25.08.2015
The 5-colour nutritional labelling system is the most effective for consumers
While the French High Council for Public Health (HCSP) made public on Monday, 24 August 2015, a positive opinion regarding the relevance of the 5-colour code for the public, a team of researchers directed by Serge Hercberg, demonstrated that the 5-colour nutrition label (5-CNL) is the most effective nutritional information system for allowing consumers to recognise and compare the nutritional quality of foods
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Press releases - 14.08.2015
World Championships in Athletics: D-7!
On Saturday 22 August 2015, the 15th World Championships in Athletics will be launched in Beijing.
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What's on? - 14.08.2015
World Championships in Athletics: D-7!
On Saturday 22 August 2015, the 15th World Championships in Athletics will be launched in Beijing. Until Sunday 30 August, athletes from all nations will compete, putting their muscles, as well as their heart, lungs, brain, etc. to the test. How do muscles work? How do athletes attain such endurance? What is the brain’s role […]
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Press releases - 05.08.2015
Bacteria that Prevents Type 1 Diabetes
Researchers have recently shown how microbiota protects against the development of type 1 diabetes.
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Press releases - 04.08.2015
Glutamate, a new player in addiction
Scientists have just identified in the mouse, and then confirmed in humans, a new factor that regulates addiction. Glutamate, a neurotransmitter[1], contributes to regulating dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens, one of the cerebral structures of the reward system.
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News in brief - 04.08.2015
Observing the brain of moving animals
Such is the brain’s complexity that it is a particularly difficult organ to examine despite technological progress in this area. While electroencephalograms (EEG) and optical techniques can be used to record neurone activity in mobile animals, it is only possible to examine certain areas of the brain due to the size of the electrodes and […]
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Press releases - 03.08.2015
From pluripotency to totipotency
researchers from Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla’s team have pushed the limits of science even further. They managed to obtain totipotent cells with the same characteristics as those of the earliest embryonic stages and with even more interesting properties.
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Press releases - 30.07.2015
An advance in understanding the origins of language
Researchers from the Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit at NeuroSpin have just identified a network of areas of the brain that are organised in a way that could at least partially explain the specificity of the cognitive functions in the human species.
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Press releases - 17.07.2015
Diabetes is associated with neurocognitive disorders in people living with HIV
Researchers at Inserm Unit 897, “Epidemiology and Biostatistics Inserm Research Centre” (Inserm/University of Bordeaux) and the CIC-1401 Clinical Investigation Centre, in collaboration with Bordeaux University Hospital, have shown for the first time that there is a relationship between diabetes and neurocognitive disorders in people living with HIV, regardless of age.