- 2015
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Press releases - 09.03.2015
Thursday 12 March: French National Ear Care Day
The 18th National Ear Care Day will take place throughout France on Thursday 12 March 2015.On this occasion, public institutions and non-profit organisations are taking initiatives to welcome the public and inform both the young and not-so-young on risks to their hearing and how to look after it.
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Press releases - 09.03.2015
Repairing the cerebral cortex: it can be done
A team led by Afsaneh Gaillard (Inserm Unit 1084, Experimental and Clinical Neurosciences Laboratory, University of Poitiers) has just taken an important step in the area of cell therapy.
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What's on? - 09.03.2015
Thursday 12 March: French National Ear Care Day
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 5% of the world population, i.e. 360 million people, suffers from disabling hearing loss (hearing loss greater than 40 decibels (dB) in the better hearing ear in adults, and 30 dB in the better hearing ear in children), or 328 million adults and 32 million children. […]
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News in brief - 09.03.2015
Lack of consensus on obstetric practices between countries of the European Union
The rate of caesarean deliveries varies considerably throughout Europe, according to a new study from the EURO-PERISTAT project, published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. We know that the likelihood of a caesarean delivery is greater for women in their first pregnancy, for women who have already had a caesarean section, and […]
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Press releases - 03.03.2015
Sleep reduces the brain’s predictive ability
A study carried out at NeuroSpin (French Atomic Energy Commission [CEA]/Inserm) has shown that even though sounds continue to penetrate the auditory cortex, sleep disrupts the brain’s ability to anticipate them
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Press releases - 02.03.2015
Médecine/sciences (m/s) journal is 30 years old
To celebrate the 30 years of the Médecine/sciences journal, a colloquium is organised the thursday 12th March by Inserm at the Pasteur Institute
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Press releases - 27.02.2015
VEGF-C, an indispensable growth factor for producing new neurons
Research studies bringing together Inserm, CNRS and Université de Pierre et Marie Curie researchers from the Brain and Spinal Cord Institute in collaboration with a team from the Yale Cardiovascular Research Center, have demonstrated the importance of factor VEGF-C in the activation of neural stem cells, and hence in the production of new neurons.
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Press releases - 26.02.2015
European Patent Office rankings for 2014: Inserm 6th in France for patent applications, 1st in Europe for patent applications in biomedical research
Inserm, with the help of its subsidiary Inserm Transfert, continues to rise in the 2014 rankings of French patent applicants issued by the European Patent Office (EPO)
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Press releases - 26.02.2015
Saturday 28 February: World rare disease day
A disease is said to be rare if it affects fewer than 1 in 2,000 people, or, for France, fewer than 30,000 people for a given disease.
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What's on? - 26.02.2015
Saturday 28 February: World rare disease day
A disease is said to be rare if it affects fewer than 1 in 2,000 people, or, for France, fewer than 30,000 people for a given disease. Rare diseases are highly diverse, are found in all areas of medicine, and are often serious, chronic, and progressive. The theme chosen for this 8th World Rare Disease Day, “Living […]