- 2013
- News in brief - 12.08.2013
Better dosing of “good cholesterol” for greater efficacy
The measurement of cholesterol levels in an organism during medical analyses has become routine in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. In reality, the cholesterol levels are the result of a balance in the human body between “good” (HDL) cholesterol and “bad” (LDL) cholesterol. If this balance is threatened and tilts too far towards “bad cholesterol”, the […]
- Press releases - 07.08.2013
Caffeine consumption during pregnancy and its effects on the brain during development
Christophe Bernard, Inserm research director, and his team within the “1106 Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes” unit (Inserm/Aix-Marseille University), have recently described certain harmful effects after caffeine consumption by female mice during pregnancy on the brains of their offspring.
- Press releases - 29.07.2013
The way the virus continually changes complicates the development of a vaccine against HIV
A team from INSERM Mixed Research Unit 966 “Morphogenesis and Antigenicity of HI and Hepatitis Viruses” headed by Martine Braibant and Francis Barin in Tours, has confirmed, with the support of the ANRS, that the AIDS virus has gradually adapted itself to the immune response of the human population during the course of the epidemic.
- Press releases - 29.07.2013
Novel molecules to target the cytoskeleton
Teams from CNRS, the Université de Strasbourg and Inserm, led by Daniel Riveline1, Jean-Marie Lehn2 and Marie-France Carlier3, have synthesized molecules capable of causing rapid growth of actin networks, one of the components of the cytoskeleton.
- What's on? - 29.07.2013
Return of the hot weather in France
For the last few days France has been experiencing high temperature peaks, reaching 40 degrees in certain regions. Even if from a meteorological point of view this is not classified as a heat wave, vigilance messages are multiplying and these are aimed at sections of the population that are most at risk, inviting them to […]
- Press releases - 25.07.2013
How is the male genome preserved until it reaches the egg?
When the male genome carried in the spermatozoid leaves the male body to reach the egg, it undergoes numerous transformations. A team led by Saadi Khochbin in Mixed Research Unit 823 at the Institut Albert Bonniot Research Centre (Inserm/Joseph Fourier University) in Grenoble has described the molecular mechanisms that enable the transmission of the male genome to the egg.
- What's on? - 19.07.2013
Sport and disability: a training plan for paraplegics
One year after the success of the Paralympic Games in London, France will be hosting the World Handisport Athletics Championships this Friday 19 July in Lyon (lasting until 28 July, the World Handisport Athletics Championships. In Dijon, Gaëlle Deley, scientific officer of the Centre d’Expertise de la Performance and associate researcher in Inserm Unit 1093 […]
- Press releases - 19.07.2013
Pandoravirus : missing link discovered between viruses and cells
Researchers at IGS, the genomic and structural information laboratory (CNRS/Aix-Marseille University), working in association with the large-scale biology laboratory (CEA/Inserm/Grenoble Alpes University) have just discovered two giant viruses which, in terms of number of genes, are comparable to certain eukaryotes, microorganisms with nucleated cells.
- Press releases - 14.07.2013
Boosting Muscle capacity
Une nouvelle cible pharmacologique permettant d’améliorer le fonctionnement du muscle vient d’être découverte chez la souris par l’équipe d’Hélène Duez, chargée de recherche à l’Inserm dans l’unité 1011 “Récepteurs nucléaires, maladies cardiovasculaires et diabète” (Inserm/Université Lille 2 droit et santé/Institut Pasteur de Lille) dirigée par Bart Staels.
- Press releases - 12.07.2013
(French) : Découverte d’une nouvelle cible thérapeutique chez E. coli
Des chercheurs ont mis en évidence chez la bactérie Escherichia coli des interactions complexes entre les voies de biosynthèse de divers facteurs de virulence : la colibactine, une génotoxine potentiellement cancérigène, et les sidérophores, molécules impliquées dans la captation du fer qui est essentiel à la survie des bactéries.