- 2013
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What's on? - 18.03.2013
A “Salamander” robot presented in Lyon from 19 to 21 March
Salamandra robotica II, an amphibian robot created by the Bio-robotics Laboratory of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) will be presented at the Innorobot Show held in Lyon from 19 to 21 March. The team headed by Professor Auke Ijspeert has perfected this latest generation in collaboration with Jean-Marie Cabelguen INSERM Research Director in […]
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What's on? - 13.03.2013
March 14th, 2013 : National hearing date
The natural loss of hearing with age is no longer a secret today. The sixteenth “National Hearing Day” is aimed especially at the elderly. Retaining one’s hearing ability, by any means whatsoever, appears to be a new way of Aging Well. In the context of its citizens’ lectures, INSERM arranged a session on Thursday 14 […]
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Press releases - 13.03.2013
What are the chances of female fertility after an ectopic pregnancy?
For the first time, researchers in the INSERM “Epidemiology of reproduction and infant development” team (Unit 1018 at the “Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health”) compared all of the existing treatments for ectopic pregnancy with respect to their impact on natural fertility during the subsequent two years.
The conclusions of the study reproduced in the journal Human Reproduction indicate that the ability to have a normal pregnancy after an ectopic pregnancy (subsequent fertility) is not linked to the type of treatment, especially the conservation of the Fallopian tube in which the pregnancy was implanted. -
Press releases - 12.03.2013
A chip that is 100% biocompatible to measure brain activity
Researchers have designed a system for sensing brain activity that is 100% biocompatible and made of organic matter. The medium, which is only a few microns thick, is as thin and flexible as cellophane, and yet very tough. The model was tested on an animal suffering from epilepsy. The quality of the brain signal recorded was 10 times better than the traditional brain activity recording systems
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Press releases - 11.03.2013
March 11th 2013
Sorry, this article is only available in French.
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Press releases - 07.03.2013
Launch of Constances, the largest epidemiological cohort study of the French population
Constances is a “generalist’ epidemiological cohort constituted from a representative sample of 200,000 adults aged 18 to 69. It has been organised by the Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations (CESP – INSERM/Université Paris Sud/Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines) in partnership .
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What's on? - 05.03.2013
Cerebro: a new application for exploring the brain
For the first time, you can convert your tablets and smartphones into a tool for exploring the brain so as to better understand and prevent strokes (the third-greatest cause of death). On the occasion of Brain Week that was held from 11 to 17 March 2013, Cérébro, a new application was launched on the Iphone […]
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Press releases - 05.03.2013
Seven genetic risk factors associated with AMD
An international group of researchers has discovered seven new regions in the human genome associated with an increased risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD), one of the main causes of blindness.
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Press releases - 28.02.2013
(French) : GrippeNet.fr : bilan au pic de l’épidémie
Le 27 février, les données de la surveillance de la grippe confirmaient le franchissement du pic épidémique de la grippe saisonnière. Le site Internet www.grippenet.fr permet pour la deuxième année consécutive de collecter des données sur les syndromes grippaux directement auprès de la population française.
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Press releases - 28.02.2013
When hypertension progresses unseen
When blood pressure is normal in the doctor’s surgery, but is high at home! This is an unknown phenomenon known as “masked hypertension”. Christophe Tzourio, Research Director of Inserm unit 708 “Neuroepidemiology” (University of Bordeaux Ségalen) studied the occurrence of masked hypertension in a population of 1500 elderly persons.