- 2014
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Press releases - 09.10.2014
Colon cancer: Two genetic alterations that generate metastases
With approximately 42,000 estimated new cases in France in 2012, colon cancer is, for both sexes combined, the third most common type of cancer, and the second most common cause of cancer deaths after lung cancer.
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Press releases - 08.10.2014
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014
The 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to two Americans, Eric Betzig and William Moerner, and a German, Stefan Hell
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What's on? - 08.10.2014
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014
The 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to two Americans, Eric Betzig and William Moerner, and a German, Stefan Hell, on Wednesday 8 October “for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy,” nanoscopy, as the jury said in its press release. The laureates developed two methods enabling microscopy on a nanometric scale, and hence the […]
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Press releases - 07.10.2014
Anorexia / bulimia: a bacterial protein implicated
Eating disorders (ED) such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and binge eating disorder affect approximately 5-10% of the general population, but the biological mechanisms involved are unknown. Researchers at Inserm Unit 1073, “Nutrition, inflammation and dysfunction of the gut-brain axis” (Inserm/University of Rouen) have demonstrated the involvement of a protein produced by some intestinal bacteria that may be the source of these disorders.
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Press releases - 07.10.2014
October 9th 2014 : World Sight Day
World Sight Day, which is held on 9 October each year, is aimed at raising public awareness of problems related to blindness and visual impairment.
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Press releases - 06.10.2014
Cystic fibrosis: how a bacterium manipulates its host to eradicate an opponent
La principale cause de mortalité chez les patients atteints de mucoviscidose est l’infection des poumons par différentes populations de bactéries qui varient en fonction de l’âge.
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Press releases - 06.10.2014
Nobel Prize in medicine 2014
Nobel prize 2014 in physiology and medicine is awarded to John O’Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser
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What's on? - 06.10.2014
Nobel Prize in medicine 2014
The Nobel Prize of physiology or medicine 2014 is awarded to John O’Keefe, May-Britt and Edvard I. Moser for their work about for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain. May-Britt’s work, conducted with Edvard Moser as a long-term collaborator, includes the discovery of grid cells in the entorhinal cortex, as […]
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Press releases - 01.10.2014
Pink October: a month of mobilisation against breast cancer
This year marks the 10th edition of Pink October, a month of national mobilisation against breast cancer.
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News in brief - 01.10.2014
When breathing frees our mind
Some activities, such as walking or breathing, are unusual in that they can be carried out voluntarily or automatically. For example, every one of us can decide to take a deep breath and keep our lungs inflated for a few seconds, and then exhale slowly. However, most of the time we breathe without thinking about […]