- 2014
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Press releases - 20.06.2014
How a stem cell sees red
Many medical situations require a supply of red blood cells—anaemia, road accidents and chemotherapy, for example. But there is a genuine shortage of blood. Researchers throughout the world are therefore working hard to find solutions to alleviate these shortages, and their sights are set on the potential for creating an unlimited supply of red blood […]
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Press releases - 19.06.2014
Can injuries to the skin be painless?
Teams led by Priscille Brodin in Lille and Laurent Marsollier in Angers have studied lesions in patients with Buruli ulcer, a tropical disease.
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What's on? - 18.06.2014
2014 World Sickle Cell Awareness Day
Thursday 19 June 2014 is World Sickle Cell Disease Day. This is the most widespread genetic disorder in the world: It affects over five million people(1). It can have serious consequences—anaemia, episodes of pain—and may involve different organs or reduced resistance to certain infections. From the physiological point of view, this disease of the blood […]
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Press releases - 17.06.2014
The Inserm Ethics Committee publishes two notes on embryo research and gender research
A l’occasion de leur première grande réunion annuelle, qui a eu lieu ce mardi 17 juin à l’Auditorium de l’Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, plusieurs groupes de travail du Comité d’éthique de l’Inserm dont le groupe « Embryon & développement » et le groupe « Genre et recherche en santé » rendent leur avis sous forme de note.
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Press releases - 13.06.2014
H1N1 influenza: Vaccination induces an immune memory response comparable to that of a moderate infection
How long does the immune memory response produced by vaccination last? Is it similar to that induced by the infection itself? New information on the A(H1N1) pandemic influenza virus has just been brought to light by researchers at Joint Research Unit 1135, Cimi-Paris (Centre for Immunology and Infectious Diseases – Inserm – Pierre and Marie Curie University).
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Press releases - 12.06.2014
Mild hearing impairment may indicate greater underlying problems
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, INSERM, Collège de France, and Pierre and Marie Curie University, in collaboration with a team from the University of Auvergne, identified mice models that mimic high-frequency hearing impairment in humans, with a strong low-frequency sound interference. Their work sheds light on the anomalies causing the hearing impairment and reveals cochlear defects that profoundly affect the way sound frequencies are processed. This work could explain the pronounced masking effect experienced by some hearing-impaired individuals when trying to discriminate high-frequency sounds in noisy environments. The scientists suggest that more substantial auditory assessments would enable clinicians to improve diagnosis of these auditory impairments and provide better care for individuals who, despite showing only a mild hearing impairment using standard audiometric evaluations, should be fitted with hearing aids that appropriately target the defective sound frequencies and correct the hearing impairment.
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What's on? - 12.06.2014
2014 World Blood Donor Day
Introduced for the first time in 2004, at the initiative of the World Health Organisation (WHO), World Blood Donor Day (WBDD) takes place on 14 June each year. Organised in France by the French National Blood Service, WBBD pays tribute to the millions of anonymous volunteer blood donors throughout the world. This also helps to […]
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Press releases - 11.06.2014
Yves Lévy, new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inserm
Yves Lévy has just been appointed by the Council of Ministers as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm).
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Press releases - 11.06.2014
Epileptic seizure: a primitive brain activity with mechanisms that are conserved across species
Tout semble différencier une mouche d’un homme. Et pourtant, aussi étonnant que cela puisse paraitre, des chercheurs de l’Inserm dirigés par Christophe Bernard et Viktor Jirsa au sein de l’Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes (INS) – Inserm U1106 à Marseille viennent de montrer que les crises d’épilepsie suivent des règles mathématiques simples et conservées à travers les espèces. La crise d’épilepsie est une forme d’activité neuronale qui est encodée dans tout cerveau sain, mais qui ne s’exprime que dans situations pathologiques. Grâce à l’identification de ces principes de base, les chercheurs ont pu classer rigoureusement les crises en 16 types distincts ; une classification qui sera très utile aux cliniciens pour envisager des traitements de plus en plus personnalisés et rechercher de nouveaux médicaments. Ces travaux sont publiés dans la revue Brain
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Press releases - 10.06.2014
Cancer: life two years after diagnosis
L’Institut national du cancer (INCa) et l’Inserm présentent, lors d’un colloque de restitution le 10 juin, les résultats d’une enquête de grande envergure interrogeant 4349 personnes atteintes d’un cancer deux ans après le diagnostic. Appelée VICAN2 pour « Vie après le Cancer à deux ans du diagnostic », cette enquête menée en 2012 constitue l’unique travail national qui rend compte des conditions de vie des personnes atteintes de cancer.