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Press releases - 10.11.2014
A means for autistic people to restore correct interpretation of sensory information
In autistic children, information coming from the 5 senses – touch, hearing, sight or other stimuli – are not correctly interpreted in the brain, leading to inappropriate behaviour and sometimes uncontrollable reactions. Inserm researchers led by Andréas Frick in Inserm Unit 862 ‘Magendie Neurocentre’ have recently understood why by studying a mouse model mimicking the disorder.
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Press releases - 10.11.2014
Production of human motor neurons from stem cells is gaining speed
Researchers at the Institute for Stem Cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic Diseases (I-Stem – Inserm/AFM/UEVE) have recently developed a new approach to produce different populations of motor neurons from these cells in only 14 days.
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Press releases - 31.10.2014
Lung cancer diagnosed before it is detected by imaging
A team of researchers from Inserm led by Paul Hofman (Inserm Unit 1081/University of Nice) has just made a significant advance in the area of early diagnosis of invasive cancers.
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Press releases - 27.10.2014
October 29th 2014: World Stroke Day
World Cerebrovascular Accident Day is organised on 29 October each year and helps raise public awareness regarding the importance of immediate care for victims from onset of initial symptoms.
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What's on? - 27.10.2014
October 29th 2014: World Stroke Day
Commonly referred to as a “stroke”, a Cerebrovascular Accident results from the interruption of blood flow to the brain. The deprivation of oxygen and essential nutrients causes brain cells to die, leading to permanent damage (speech or writing difficulty, memory problems, bodily paralysis to a greater or lesser extent), or even sudden death. World Cerebrovascular […]
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Press releases - 22.10.2014
A paralysed man walks again after a spinal cord operation
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What's on? - 22.10.2014
A paralysed man walks again after a spinal cord operation
A paralysed man has been able to walk again after being treated by Polish surgeons at Wroclaw in south-west Poland. According to AFP, two years ago Darek Fidyka underwent two operations in Poland, performed by a team of doctors led by Dr Pawel Tabakow from Wrocław Medical University. This operation was the result of the […]
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Press releases - 21.10.2014
Ebola virus: update on research in France
The Ebola epidemic is continuing to spread, particularly in West Africa. According to the latest report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) dated 17 October, 9,216 cases of Ebola have been recorded and 4,555 people have died of the virus.
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Press releases - 21.10.2014
The children from the Elfe cohort turn three and a half : first results from the first interviews
The Elfe1 children are now three and a half years old , and a new survey was launched on 21 October to gather more detailed information about early childhood. This survey was conducted for the first time by telephone and through home visits with the families. The success of this new stage comes from the investment made by all of the families who believe in the value of this research, which will continue until their child turns 20 years old. Led by INED and INSERM, and in partnership with EFS, this study requires many stages starting from data collection up until the researchers publish the results. Some of this data has just been published in the three fields of health, environment and social sciences.
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News in brief - 16.10.2014
The pill might reduce the risk of thyroid cancer in women
Until the 2000s, the only established risk factor for thyroid cancer was exposure to moderate or high doses of ionising radiation during childhood or early adulthood. In order to better understand all the other factors that may be involved in thyroid cancer risk, a case-control study was conducted in eastern France. The study included 805 […]