- 2013
- Press releases - 15.05.2013
Discovery of a molecule derived from cholesterol that has anti-cancer properties
Although excessive quantities of cholesterol in the body are known to have adverse effects on health, researchers might polish up its reputation via one of its derivatives.
- What's on? - 13.05.2013
Coronavirus: a second case in France
As the Minister for Social Affairs and Health, Marisol Touraine, stressed during her visit to the Lille CHRU [hospital] on Saturday 11 May, an epidemiological investigation has been launched following confirmation of the first case of infection of a new coronavirus (NCoV) in a patient in France. For more information about the coronavirus NCoV please […]
- What's on? - 07.05.2013
Alcohol Consumption by Secondary School Pupils
The Bulletin épidémiologique hebdomadaire (BEH), published on 07 May by The French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Institut de veille sanitaire – InVS) focused on alcohol consumption by adolescents between the first and last class of secondary school (in 2010 and 2011). Alcohol is the psychoactive substance that is experimented with earliest in adolescence, often […]
- Press releases - 06.05.2013
Chikungunya: discovery of a human-specific factor involved in the virus replication
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, Inserm and CNRS, have identified a human-specific factor involved in the replication of Chikungunya virus which accounts for the species specificity of this virus.
- Press releases - 02.05.2013
Handicaps rares, contextes, enjeux et perspectives : une expertise collective de l’Inserm
A l’occasion du comité de suivi annuel du schéma national pour les handicaps rares qui s’est tenu le 30 avril 2013, et a été présidé par Mme Marie-Arlette Carlotti, Ministre chargée des personnes handicapées et de la lutte contre l’exclusion, l’Inserm rend publique l’expertise collective « Handicaps rares, contextes, enjeux et perspectives. »
- What's on? - 30.04.2013
The Return of Respiratory Allergies
The arrival of fine weather and milder temperatures marks the return of respiratory allergies. These allergies consist of unsuitable or excessive immune system reactions of the human body when it comes into contact with a foreign substance known as an allergen. Generally, respiratory allergies take two forms: allergic rhinitis and allergic asthma. Each of these […]
- Press releases - 25.04.2013
(French) : VIH et Pays du Sud : Le suivi biologique des patients est coût-efficace sous certaines conditions de prix
Le suivi biologique des patients infectés par le VIH et sous traitement antirétroviral s’effectue dans les pays du Nord par des mesures régulières de la charge virale du VIH et des lymphocytes CD4 : il est peu pratiqué dans les pays du Sud en raison de son coût élevé et du manque d’équipement des laboratoires (surtout en milieu rural).
- Press releases - 25.04.2013
Musical memory deficits start in auditory cortex
Congenital amusia is a disorder characterized by impaired musical skills, which can extend to an inability to recognize very familiar tunes. The neural bases of this deficit are now being deciphered. According to a study conducted by researchers from CNRS and Inserm at the Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon (CNRS / Inserm / Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1), amusics exhibit altered processing of musical information in two regions of the brain: the auditory cortex and the frontal cortex, particularly in the right cerebral hemisphere. These alterations seem to be linked to anatomical anomalies in these same cortices. This work, published on XX April 2013 in the journal Brain, adds invaluable information to our understanding of amusia and, more generally, of the “musical brain”, in other words the cerebral networks involved in the processing of music.
- What's on? - 24.04.2013
25 April: World Malaria Day
Malaria is a parasitical disease transmitted by mosquitoes and is potentially fatal. Climatic conditions play an important role in the transmission of this parasite, which affects the prevalence and survival of mosquitoes. Malaria starts with a fever that may be accompanied by headaches, muscular pains and vomiting. (with a margin of uncertainty of between 490,000 […]
- Press releases - 19.04.2013
Are babies endowed with consciousness?
Babies have long been considered as beings with limited skills and behaviors that are principally automatic and of a reflex type, and are not accompanied by a subjective conscious experience. Nevertheless, CNRS scientists in the Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistiques (CNRS/Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris/EHESS), working in collaboration with scientists from NeuroSpin (Inserm/CEA) have now shown that as from an age of 5 months, infants are endowed with form of consciousness similar to that seen in adults. These findings are published in Science on 19 April 2013.