- 2013
- Press releases - 25.06.2013
Food contaminants worsen metabolic problems in obese mice
Certain food contaminants are suspected of triggering metabolic disorders, or of worsening them, particularly when they accompany a high-fat diet. In order to get a better understanding of these effects, researchers from the Inserm cardiovascular, metabolism, diabetology and nutrition unit introduced a “cocktail” of contaminants mixed with low doses of dioxin, PCB, bisphenol A and phtalates into the feeding of mice that had already been rendered obese by a high-fat diet.
- News in brief - 24.06.2013
Migraine to the Tip of the Genes
An international consortium has just revealed five new genetic regions associated with migraine in a study published on 23 June 2013 in the journal Nature Genetics, bringing the total number identified in recent years to 12. Researchers from Inserm Unit 708 “Neuroepidemiology” in Bordeaux participated in the vast research by comparing nearly 118,000 items of […]
- News in brief - 18.06.2013
Developing iPS stem cells … from the hair of schizophrenic patients
Thanks to a simple human hair, INSERM researchers (headed by Daniel Aberdam, Inserm Unit 976 “Dermato-Oncology, immunology and stem cells”), in collaboration with an Israeli team from the Haifa Technion, have succeeded in developing an original iPS[1] stem cell model in order to gain a better understanding of schizophrenia. This “reversion” of human hair to […]
- What's on? - 18.06.2013
Autism and high pollution levels
A study, published online on 18 May 2013 by the Environmental Health Perspectives magazine, revealed that the risk of giving birth to autistic babies is doubled for pregnant women exposed to high level of air-pollution in the US. This study has been lead by researchers from Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachussetts (North-East) […]
- What's on? - 13.06.2013
2013 World Blood Donor Day
The idea of a World Blood Donor Day was launched at the 58th session of the World Health Assembly, which includes all the members of the WHO (World Health Organization). On this occasion, the countries undertook to support volunteer blood donations that are given voluntarily, gratis and anonymously. This World event will be held every […]
- Press releases - 13.06.2013
Pesticides and their effect on health
According to international scientific publications issued over the last 30 years and analysed by these experts, there appears to be a positive link between occupational exposure to pesticides and certain pathologies in adults: Parkinson’s disease, prostate cancer, hematopoietic cancers (non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and multiple myeloma). Furthermore, exposure to pesticides during the prenatal and postnatal periods and in infancy appears to be a particularly risk for the development of the child.
- What's on? - 11.06.2013
National Conference On Violence Against Children
Violence against children is not just another mere news item. It is a major public health problem. As in other countries that have a similar level of socio-economic development1, 10% of children in France are victims of physical violence, sexual abuse, serious negligence, neglect, humiliation, etc. Contrary to other children’s health issues, such as domestic […]
- Press releases - 10.06.2013
Early exposure to bisphenol A might damage the enamel of teeth.
Are teeth the latest victims of bisphenol A? Yes, according to the conclusions of work carried out by the research team led by Ariane Berdal of the Université Paris-Diderot and Sylvie Babajko. The researchers have shown that the teeth of rats treated with low daily doses of BPA could be damaged by this. Analysis of the damage shows numerous characteristics that are common with a recently identified pathology of tooth enamel that affects roughly 18% of children between the ages of 6 and 8.
- Press releases - 10.06.2013
(French) : Santé en questions : la drépanocytose, les voies de la guérison
L’Inserm et Universcience vous invitent à la conférence Santé en questions, le mercredi 19 juin, sur la drépanocytose, les voies de la guérison.
- Press releases - 10.06.2013
(French) : Cancers du rein, mélanomes de l’œil et mésothéliomes : un gène de prédisposition en commun
Une famille avec de nombreux cancers inexpliqués révèle que certaines prédispositions aux cancers du rein sont liées à des mutations du gène BAP1. Porté sur le chromosome 3, ce gène était déjà connu pour prédisposer à des cancers oculaires (mélanome uvéal) et de la plèvre (mésothéliome). Ces travaux réalisés par Marc-Henri Stern du laboratoire Génétique et Biologie des Cancers (Institut Curie/Inserm U830) en coordination avec le Pr Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet (Institut Curie/Service de Génétique) sont publiés dans American Journal of Human Genetics en date du 6 juin 2013.