- 2013
- Press releases - 11.07.2013
There is current over-treatment of prostate cancer in France
Research conducted by Cyrille Delpierre (INSERM Unit 1027 “Epidemiology and Public Health Analyses: Risks, Chronic Illness and Handicaps”) in collaboration with the French Cancer Registers Network assessed the proportion of patients potentially suffering from prostate cancer and currently over-diagnosed or over-treated in France. According to a study performed on 1840 patients, current over-treatment involves a considerable number of patients being treated for a cancerous tumour in what is known as Stage T1 (early tumours) and, to a lesser extent, patients suffering from tumours in stage T2 (more advanced tumours). These figures should be taken seriously because over-diagnosis or over-treatment can be associated with undesirable side effects such as impotence or incontinence.
- What's on? - 11.07.2013
Bill about embryonic stem cells
The bill to end the ban on research into embryos and embryonic stem cells that was hotly disputed last March is being debated again today in the National Assembly. The status of the embryo is discussed. This type of research has been banned in France unless special permission is received. (Consult the list of research teams authorised […]
- News in brief - 10.07.2013
Multiple sclerosis: a composite treatment to repair damaged nerve fibres
A team of researchers led by Brahim Nait Oumesmar, Inserm Research Director at the PITIE-SALPETRIERE NEUROSCIENCES RESEARCH CENTER (CRICM) in collaboration with the University of Luxembourg, has just discovered a new molecule capable of stimulating the repair of the myelin destroyed in experimental models of multiple sclerosis. This advance will be published in The Journal […]
- Press releases - 05.07.2013
When epidemiologists turn to Web 2.0
In the Web 2.0 and “Quantified Self” era, scientists are working to improve traditional data collection methods (face-to-face interviews, telephone interviews or paper questionnaires), which are expensive and time-consuming for study participants. Indeed, recruitment, monitoring and data collection tools need to be adapted to fit the habits of the younger generation. The Internet and smartphones offer numerous options for collecting data on participants’ lifestyle, environment and health, in a way involving few constraints, and that can even be fun.
- What's on? - 05.07.2013
A “Functional” Human Liver created from iPS cells
Japanese researchers have succeeded in creating a “functional” human liver from induced pluripotent stem cells. These adult iPS cells can be reprogrammed to rejuvenate the cell and rediscover the properties of embryonic stem cells (thus enabling them to return to a renewed immaturity and the ability to differentiate themselves into any cell type). According to […]
- Press releases - 02.07.2013
Quels progrès médicaux pour les personnes vivant avec le VIH en France ?
La dernière enquête ANRS VESPA2 met en lumière les progrès médicaux obtenus pour les personnes vivant avec le VIH en France et les enjeux à privilégier dans une approche renouvelée des stratégies de prise en charge pour tenir compte de l’augmentation des comorbidités et surtout des besoins sociaux de cette population. Cette enquête, réalisée par des chercheurs de l’Inserm (Unités 912, SESSTIM, Marseille et 1018, CESP Villejuif) avec le soutien financier et scientifique de l’ANRS, est publiée dans le BEH du 2 Juillet.
- Press releases - 27.06.2013
Type 1 diabetes : regenerate our own insulin cells ?
Patrick Collombat, Inserm Research Director and head of the Avenir team at the Institut de Biologie Valrose in Nice, has published new results concerning Type I diabetes. Researchers show that, in mice, the pancreas contains cells capable of being converted into insulin-producing β cells, something that can be done at any age.
- What's on? - 27.06.2013
The infection affecting Nelson Mandela
The lung infection from which Nelson Mandela has suffered for several years lodges in an essential part of the human organism, the lungs and bronchiae. Pneumonia, pneumopathy and pulmonary abscesses are the main pulmonary infections so far identified. The part of the lung that becomes infected will determine which disease affects the patient. The commonest symptoms […]
- Press releases - 27.06.2013
Stress: it should never be ignored!
The Inserm researchers at unit 1018, “The Epidemiology and Public Health Research Centre”, working in collaboration with researchers from England and Finland have demonstrated that it is essential to be vigilant about this and to take it very seriously when people say that they are stressed, particularly if they believe that stress is affecting their health.
- What's on? - 25.06.2013
Medicines’ Sale via the Internet
Online sales of medicines have been permitted in France since 19 December 2012. The online sale of medicines will now become strictly regulated in order to avoid any trade in counterfeit goods. The order that came into force on 12 July 2013 specifies that sites that are entitled to sell medicines online must be the […]