- 2014
- What's on? - 17.02.2014
HIV vaccine trial recruits 100 volunteers
Today the Vaccine Research Institute (VRI) in Créteil near Paris started to recruit 100 volunteers to evaluate a preventive HIV candidate vaccine. An innovative vaccine trial was launched by the VRI and the French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Hepatitis (ANRS). It will be based in four centres. It will be the first […]
- Press releases - 13.02.2014
Malaria – “Wake and kill”: a new concept for the elimination of relapse
A team of researchers has succeeded in culturing the dormant hepatic stage of the malaria parasite, previously inaccessible to researchers. The initial results from this technical breakthrough have enabled the development of a new concept for the elimination of malaria relapse due to the activation of these dormant forms.
- Press releases - 12.02.2014
Why does the brain remember dreams?
Some people remember their dreams every morning, whereas others rarely remember them. A team led by Perrine Ruby, an Inserm Researcher has studied the brain activity of these types of dreamers in order to understand the differences between them.
- What's on? - 11.02.2014
French heart day will take place on 14 february
In France, the Journée du Cœur (Heart Day) will take place on 14 February.Cardiovascular disease caused 33% of all deaths in 2011, and is still the main cause of death in the 33 OECD countries. One person in three is affected.With 180,000 deaths a year, cardiovascular diseases are the leading long-term illness, affecting 2.8 million […]
- Press releases - 10.02.2014
A French researcher attended at the 2014 AAAS meeting in Chicago
European cutting-edge research will be attended at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Chicago.
- Press releases - 10.02.2014
Mechanism elucidated: how smell perception influences food intake
A research team led by Giovanni Marsicano has succeeded in elucidating how the endocannabinoid system controls food intake through its effects on the perception of smells.
- What's on? - 10.02.2014
Flu, gastroenteritis, chicken pox, the Sentinelles network is on the lookout
The Sentinelles network is a research and vigilance platform in general medicine at the Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé 707 (Mixed Health Research Unit 707) (UMR S 707, Inserm-UPMC). At present it is composed of 1288 general practitioners, and 333 of them help in the continual surveillance of epidemics. Please see the Sentiweb site.
- Press releases - 06.02.2014
Autism: birth hormone may control the expression of the syndrome in animals
In an article published in Science, the researchers demonstrate that chloride levels are elevated in the neurons of mice used in an animal model of autism, and remain at abnormal levels from birth.
- Press releases - 06.02.2014
Addictive behaviours in adolescents
In France, the levels of use of some psychoactive substances, especially alcohol, tobacco and cannabis, remain high among adolescents, despite progress in regulatory efforts to limit access to these products by minors, and regular prevention campaigns.
- News in brief - 04.02.2014
The satiety mechanism described and restored in mice
Leptin is a hormone secreted by adipose cells, sending the satiety signal to the brain. Sometimes, certain overweight or obese individuals develop resistance to this hormone, which is no longer able to deliver its message. A team led by Vincent Prévot, Inserm Research Director at the Jean Pierre Aubert Research Centre in Lille, has used […]