- 2015
- Press releases - 02.04.2015
Antiplatelet agents help reduce the severity of flu
Platelets play a role in severe lung infections associated with flu viruses. This has been highlighted for the first time by a team of researchers from France’s National Institute for Agricultural Research (Inra), National Institute for Health and Medical Research (Inserm) and Claude Bernard (Lyon 1) University
- News in brief - 30.03.2015
In 40 years the French have adapted their behaviour to climate change
Against the current background of global warming, the relationship between the temperature and mortality is taking on a totally new significance. Are we getting used to rising temperatures over the years? This is the question that researchers in the Inserm Unit 1169 team ‘Epigenetics and Environment’ (Inserm/CEA/Paris-South University) are trying to answer. By analysing the […]
- Press releases - 30.03.2015
The ‘Constances’ cohort, a research network unique in France
La cohorte Constances rassemble les données relatives à la santé de plus de 65 000 volontaires de 18 à 69 ans affiliés au régime général de sécurité sociale
- Press releases - 26.03.2015
What if the severity of our seasonal influenza were related to our genetic background?
By analysing the genome of a little girl who contracted a severe form of influenza at the age of two and a half years, researchers have discovered that she has a genetic mutation, unknown until now, that causes a subtle dysfunction in her immune system.
- Press releases - 26.03.2015
A pharmacological compound for restoring neuromuscular transmission
Researchers from Inserm, CNRS and Paris Descartes University have just demonstrated the beneficial effect of lithium chloride on a group of genetic disorders responsible for muscle dysfunction known as congenital myasthenias.
- Press releases - 24.03.2015
Friday 27 March 2015: Sleep Day
On the 15th Sleep Day, to be held on Friday 27 March 2015 on the theme of “Sleep and Nutrition,” many public institutions and associations, including InSV, will be working to receive, inform and sensitise the general public.
- What's on? - 24.03.2015
Friday 27 March 2015: Sleep Day
According to the French National Institute of Sleep and Alertness (InSV), 1 French person in 5 suffers from insomnia, and up to 9% of these insomniacs are badly affected (poor quality sleep, difficulty falling asleep, multiple awakenings or waking too early). Indeed, sleep is indispensable to the learning, memorisation, adaptation and growth functions, and is also […]
- Press releases - 24.03.2015
Targeting a host receptor instead of the virus: a new experimental approach against hepatitis C virus.
Une collaboration internationale conduite par le Professeur Thomas Baumert met en évidence qu’un anticorps monoclonal spécifiquement dirigé contre la claudine-1, permet de prévenir et de traiter une infection chronique par ce virus dans un modèle animal.
- News in brief - 24.03.2015
Fatty plaques in the arteries associated with dementia in older subjects
The carotid arteries are essential for supplying blood to the brain. In a study published online in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia, researchers from Inserm, in collaboration with those involved in the Three Cities Study (3C), have focused on the relationships between atherosclerosis and the risk of dementia in older subjects. Atherosclerosis is characterised by […]
- Press releases - 23.03.2015
Predicting the end of fertility for women after paediatric cancer
Researchers from the Paris Public Hospitals (AP-HP), Inserm, the Gustave Roussy and Curie Institutes, and Oscar Lambret Cancer Centre, coordinated by Dr Cécile Thomas-Teinturier of the Paediatric Endocrinology Service at Bicêtre Hospital, have studied the impact of certain therapeutic agents on the fertility of women who have been cured of a paediatric cancer.