- 2014
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Press releases - 03.04.2014
Europeans and biomedical research
The French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm) is currently the leading biomedical research organisation in Europe, and plays a key role in developing European research. To mark its 50th anniversary, Inserm wanted to assess the perceptions of Europeans regarding biomedical research.
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Press releases - 31.03.2014
Yes, you can make your children eat vegetables!
Researchers have made a step forward in the understanding of how eating behaviours and preferences form in early life.
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What's on? - 28.03.2014
Putting the clocks forward : what are the impacts on health?
During this last weekend in March, we will be switching to summer time. On the night between Saturday and Sunday, we must put our watches and clocks forward by one hour. What do we currently know about the impact of changing the time on our health? Does it upset our biological clock? Find out more […]
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Press releases - 27.03.2014
Breast milk and diet up to 2 years old: a means of preventing the risk of child obesity
From analysis of data from the ELANCE cohort, Marie Françoise Rolland-Cachera, former researcher at Inserm and her co-workers in the Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team (EREN)[1] have shown that breast-feeding has a protective effect on the risk of obesity at 20 years of age.
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Press releases - 26.03.2014
Ribavirin – an effective and safe treatment for hepatitis E
Vincent Mallet, Stanislas Pol and their team at the Institut Cochin (Paris Descartes University, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, CNRS, Inserm) and French hospital-based teams* have proved the efficacy of a treatment for patients suffering from chronic hepatitis E virus infection.
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Press releases - 20.03.2014
Stopping the vicious circle of tumour progression in children with bone cancer
Researchers in Inserm Unit 957 “Bone Resorption Physiopathology and Primary Bone Tumour Therapy” in Nantes have recently developed an innovative treatment which stops the vicious circle that allows bone cancer to progress.
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Press releases - 18.03.2014
Neonates are able to make connections between space, time and number
From birth, babies already have a representation of space, time and number. This has been proven by Dr Maria Dolores de Hevia, Dr Véronique Izard, Aurélie Coubart, Professor Elizabeth Spelke and Professor Arlette Streri from the Psychology and Perception Laboratory (Paris Descartes University/CNRS/Inserm) in a study published in PNAS.
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Press releases - 18.03.2014
Inserm is celebrating its 50th anniversary
To mark its 50th anniversary, Inserm has decided to deliver its key messages at around a hundred events which will take place all over France and involve all its staff, partners and supervisory bodies throughout the year.
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What's on? - 17.03.2014
Atmospheric pollution : what are the impacts on health?
For the last few days, several French cities have had to face episodes of air pollution by particulates, frequently exceeding alert threshold levels. Further information – On the Impact of air pollution on our health: Press release, “Large European study finds exposure to even low levels of air pollution during pregnancy increases risk of lower […]
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What's on? - 12.03.2014
Lack of efficacy of nicotine replacement patches in pregnant smokers
A national trial coordinated by Dr Ivan Berlin at La Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (AP-HP) and researchers from Inserm shows that nicotine replacement patches are not effective in helping pregnant women to stop smoking during their pregnancy. This work has been published in the British Medical Journal See the press release for further information (French version)