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Self-medication : a common practice

More and more French people are using self-medication to treat minor health problems (coughs, headaches, etc.). It has become common practice, but has aroused controversy among healthcare professionals, some of whom are concerned about the misuse of medication. Sylvie Fainzang, an anthropologist, Inserm Research Director and member of Cermes 3 (Centre for Research,  Medicine, Science, […]

Amazing Science*, a “pulp” and science exhibition

In a nod to the Sci-Fi culture of 1930’s American magazines, the Amazing Science exhibition brought to you by Inserm and CEA takes you on an exploratory journey into uncharted territory, on the frontiers of pulp culture, science fiction and scientific research.

Presented for the first time at the 2012 Nantes Utopiales, this new exhibition invites you to delve into the mysteries of life, matter and the universe. The Amazing Science exhibition has set itself a dual challenge: to promote discovery and understanding through enjoyment and to encourage explanation and learning through transformation.

Optimizing the care of very preterm infants: A collective European initiative

“Effective Perinatal Intensive Care in Europe: translating knowledge into evidence-based practice”, is the theme that will bring together the 12 institutions taking part in the EPICE project – Effective Perinatal Intensive Care in Europe

Irénise Moulonguet: the new oldest known living person in France

At nearly 112 years of age, Irénise Moulonguet, who was born in Martinique, is the new oldest known living person inFrance. For more information: Mr. Jean-Marie Robine, Research Director at Inserm Montpellier and head of the Health and Demography team at the Department of Biostatistics.

Infertility: how can the ovulation function be restored?

It is well known that breast feeding increases the secretion of the prolactin hormone and inhibits ovulation in women. This prevents the onset of a new pregnancy too soon, and so breast feeding was used in the past as a method of contraception.

(French)Un test automatisé pour évaluer la migration cellulaire et l’efficacité de nouvelles molécules anticancéreuses

Des physiciens et des biologistes du CNRS, de l’UPMC, de l’Inserm et de l’Institut Curie viennent de mettre au point une méthodologie pour automatiser l’analyse de la migration cellulaire. Les biologistes développent en effet de nombreuses molécules pour enrayer la progression tumorale. Ensuite pour les évaluer, ils observent leurs effets sur des populations de cellules. Une opération jusqu’à présent manuelle, fastidieuse, longue et source d’erreurs.
Avec cette nouvelle méthodologie, empruntée à la physique et présentée dans Nature Methods du 14 octobre 2012, les physiciens proposent en libre accès à la communauté scientifique, un test fiable, facile, rapide et plus pointu afin d’accélérer la découverte de nouvelles molécules empêchant l’envahissement tumoral.

French national epidemiological survey on overweight and obesity

The origin of blindness identified for some types of hearing loss and visual impairment

Researchers from the Institut Pasteur, the Institut de la Vision, Inserm and the Université Pierre et Marie Curie have shed light on the origin of blindness that occurs in Usher I (the most common cause of deafness-blindness in humans). The scientists also demonstrated why the rat, the only animal model available today for this illness, […]

October 15th: day world of pain

Development of two tests for rapid diagnosis of resistance to antibiotics

Two new tests capable of rapidly diagnosing resistance to wide-spectrum antibiotics have just been developed by Inserm Unit 914 “Emerging resistances to antibiotics”