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Press releases - 22.03.2013
Characterisation of the immune cells capable of controlling HIV infection
How is it that certain patients infected by HIV have immune cells that are capable of controlling the infection? Victor Appay, INSERM Research Director (Mixed INSERM Research Unit 945 “ Immunity and Infection” / Université Pierre and Marie Curie / Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière (AP-HP)) and his colleagues have succeeded in identifying the molecular characteristics of certain T lymphocytes that have the specific property of being able to detect and control HIV and its mutant versions.
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Press releases - 21.03.2013
New reference web portal on health research in Europe
The Horizon Health web portal (www.horizonhealth.eu) has been officially launched today. The Horizon Health web portal aims to become a valuable online resource for journalists and interested citizens looking for accurate, up-to-date, and attractive information on health research funded by the EU
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What's on? - 20.03.2013
March: Sleep Day
Celebrated in France and throughout the world, sleep day will be held on Friday, 22 March on the subject of “Sleep and Environment”. This day is an opportunity to learn more about the benefit of sleeping, talking to doctors and researchers and meeting patients’ associations, etc. For this international day, the experts of Inserm, the […]
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News in brief - 18.03.2013
HTAP: discovery of a genetic market associated with increased risk
A genetic marker localised on chromosome 18 is associated with a doubling of the risk of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). A gene close to this marker is suspected of being responsible for an increased risk of the disease, according to an academic study (letter) published in Nature Genetics* on 17 March 2013. PAH is a […]
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News in brief - 18.03.2013
Genetic mutation and the prognosis for renal polycystosis
The team headed by Claude Férec, director of INSERM 1078 “Genetics, functional genomics and biotechnologies” (INSERM/Université de Bretagne/EFS) in Brest, published results in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology from a cohort of 700 patients suffering from Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD). This condition, the most frequent monogenetic hereditary kidney disease, manifests through […]
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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
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