- 2013
- What's on? - 18.01.2013
20) Eating fast food could increase the risks of eczema and asthma
A study led by Pr. Innes Asher from theUniversityofAucklandin theUnited Stateshas just demonstrated that the food served in fast-food restaurants could be implicated in respiratory diseases and in severe chronic allergies such as allergic rhinitis, eczema or severe asthma. This study, that was published in the review Thorax, involved around 319,000 adolescents aged between 11 […]
- News in brief - 18.01.2013
“Small” and “big” dreamers: what is happening inside our brains?
It is currently impossible, using the resources available to researchers, to make this distinction. Yet the INSERM researchers of Unit 1028 “Centre de recherche en neuroscience de Lyon) have succeeded in developing a test that makes it possible to analyse brain activity in small and big dreamers and to draw a few conclusions. Their work […]
- Press releases - 18.01.2013
Inauguration of TherA-Image, imaging technology-assisted treatment platform
Imagine, in this hybrid operating theatre, surgeons, physicians and engineers surrounded by control screens, using enhanced and roboticised reality systems, enabling interventions that are even more accurate and safe. At the Signal and Image Processing Laboratory (University of Rennes 1 / Inserm), researchers, engineers and doctors at the Rennes CHU Cardio-pneumological Centre have been working together to bring the TherA-Image platform into existence.
- Press releases - 17.01.2013
Harmful effects of bisphenol A proved experimentally
Weak concentrations of bisphenol A are sufficient to produce a negative reaction on the human testicle. This has just been shown experimentally for the first time by René Habert and his colleagues (UMR Cellules souches et Radiations [UMR Stem Cells and Radiation], Inserm U 967 – CEA – Paris Diderot University) in an article that appeared in the journal entitled Plos One.
- Press releases - 16.01.2013
Comment des souris subissant des agressions répétées développent une aversion sociale
- What's on? - 16.01.2013
In women, certain types of migraine appear to increase the risk of cardiovascular problems
According to a study due to be presented in detail to the next congress of the American Academy of Neurology, women who suffer from a certain type of migraine with visual troubles seems to be three times more likely than other women to develop a cardiovascular disease. The other main author of this study, Tobias […]
- Press releases - 11.01.2013
Food insecurity attributed to future behavioural disorders in children
When a household experiences financial difficulties, the portion of the budget allocated to food is often restricted. In some cases, these difficulties may lead to food insecurity, i.e. limited and irregular access to a healthy and balanced diet. Based on a case study of 2,120 children, a team of Inserm researchers coordinated by Maria Mechior (Inserm Unit 1017 “Research Centre into epidemiology and population health”) has shown that children in food-insecure families have a high risk of developing long-term behavioural disorders, such as hyperactivity and attention deficiency.
- Press releases - 09.01.2013
Regenerative medicine: clinical trials launched for the treatment of delayed union fractures
The REBORNE project, funded by the European Commission and coordinated by Inserm, has just received the green light from the French Medicinal Agency ANSM to begin orthopaedic surgery clinical trials.
- Press releases - 07.01.2013
La protéine à l’origine de la maladie de Huntington impliquée dans les tumeurs mammaires
Connue pour être responsable de la maladie de Huntington, une maladie neurodégénérative, la protéine huntingtine mutée est également impliquée dans la progression et l’agressivité des tumeurs mammaires. C’est le résultat des études menées par l’équipe de Sandrine Humbert[1], directrice de recherche Inserm à l’Institut Curie, et publiées le 9 janvier 2013 dans le journal EMBO Molecular Medicine. Au niveau cellulaire, la protéine huntingtine mutée empêche le bon fonctionnement du récepteur de type HER2[2] dont la surexpression conduit à une multiplication des cellules tumorales et à une survenue plus fréquente des métastases.
- What's on? - 07.01.2013
Les troubles de la fertilité- Etat des connaissances et pistes pour la recherche
Infertility affects more and more couples. The data on infertility inFranceis only partial or uncertain. So we must create a fertility monitoring system, based principally on repeated, specific surveys and we must systematically include suitable questions on demographic or epidemiologic surveys used to study reproduction or contraception. It is estimated that around 15% to 20% […]