- 2012
- What's on? - 07.11.2012
Pregnancy and the risk of pre-eclampsia
The International Biology Congress took place on 7, 8 and 9 November inParis. The French clinical biology association in charge of organising the congress covered the theme of pregnancy and perinatal care. Daniel Vaiman, a research director at Inserm, presented the advantages of research into a serious complication that can occur during pregnancy: pre-eclampsia. See […]
- Press releases - 06.11.2012
November 6th 2012
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- Press releases - 05.11.2012
November 5th 2012
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- Press releases - 05.11.2012
A new development in the relief of spasms related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
A team of researchers from Strasbourg, directed by Luc Dupuis (Inserm unit 692 “molecular signalling and neurodegeneration”), have recently discovered the origin of spasms – a disabling symptom of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- Press releases - 31.10.2012
New bacteria to fight against intestinal inflammation
Nathalie Vergnolle, director of research at Inserm, and her team at the Centre for Physiopathology at Toulouse Purpan (CPTP Inserm / Université Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier /CNRS), with Philippe Langella director of research at INRA and his team at the Institut Micalis[1], in collaboration with the Institut Pasteur, have recently succeeded in producing “beneficial bacteria” capable of protecting the body against intestinal inflammation.
- What's on? - 31.10.2012
Chickenpox is on the way back
Created over twenty-five years ago, the Sentinel Network is a health watch network that uses data collected from 1300 family physicians based in mainland France. Thanks to the data communicated in real-time by Sentinel physicians, the Network is able to publish a weekly report of the chickenpox, gastroenteritis and influenza epidemics and can forecast the […]
- Press releases - 30.10.2012
The HOIL1 gene – the cause of a new rare disease
The researcher Capucine Picard, working with the team from Inserm unit 980 “Human genetics and infections diseases” has succeeded in identifying the part played by the HOIL1 gene in cases of paradoxal association of an immune deficiency with a chronic autoinflammatory deficiency and a muscular deficiency in 3 children from 2 different families.
- What's on? - 29.10.2012
Monday 29 October: World Cardiovascular Disease Day
Cardiovascular disease is one of the main causes of death inFrance. 150,000 new cases are detected every year. That’s one every four minutes. Contrary to popular belief, cardiovascular diseases do not only affect the elderly: each year 10,000 to 15,000 persons under the age of 45 are victims of cardiovascular diseases. See clip showing an […]
- Press releases - 26.10.2012
New developments reveal a molecule with a promising function in terms of cancer treatment
Researchers from Inserm and CNRS from the Institute for genetics and molecular and cellular biology (IGBMC) and from the Research Institute at the Strasbourg school of biotechnology (Irebs) have focussed their efforts on PARG, currently thought to be a promising new therapeutic target in the treatment of cancer.
- News in brief - 25.10.2012
Regulatory T cells, ensuring a good immune memory
Regulatory T cells (Treg) are a sub-population of immune cells that prevent each individual from triggering immune reactions against his/her own organs. In the context of some illnesses, these mechanisms may be defective: in this case, the term “auto-immune reactions” is applied. In this new research, published in the Science review, the team of researchers […]