- 2012
- What's on? - 12.07.2012
Sedentary behaviour and life expectancy
An american study published by BMJ Open demonstrate that reducing sedentary behaviours such as sitting and television viewing may have the potential to increase life expectancy in the USA. Photo:
- What's on? - 09.07.2012
Enterovirus behind the deaths of cambodian children
The WHO has confirmed that an enterovirus causing a serious form of hand, foot and mouth disease could be the origin of an as yet unexplained syndrome that has caused the deaths of dozens of children in Cambodia since April. The illness starts with a high fever followed by respiratory and neurological symptoms. Since April […]
- Press releases - 09.07.2012
(French) Une mutation d’un gène en cause dans des formes familiales d’anévrysme de l’aorte
(French) Des équipes de l’AP-HP et de l’Inserm viennent de démontrer l’implication du gène TGFβ2 dans des formes familiales d’anévrysme de l’aorte
- Press releases - 05.07.2012
The ‘appetite-suppressing’ effect of proteins explained
A team led by Gilles Mithieux, Director of Inserm’s Unit 855 “Nutrition and the Brain” in Lyon, has managed to explain the biological mechanisms behind these properties.
- Press releases - 29.06.2012
Tracking animal epidemics through road network
Road transport is one of the main vectors of animal epidemics. It is vital to understand how potentially infected animals are transported and exchanged within a country.
- What's on? - 26.06.2012
Child abuse and denial
The verdict in the trial of the couple who killed their daughter Marina is due to be delivered on 27 June 2012. The trial has highlighted the blindness of many professionals, an issue raised by A. Tursz and C. Gréco in an editorial: “Child abuse: how do we overcome denial?” in the journal Archives de […]
- Press releases - 25.06.2012
A fish to detect contaminant endocrinal disruptors
The researchers from INERIS and Inserm have just developed a test in fish that allows us to detect the endocrinal disrupting effects of certain contaminants in the environment.
- Press releases - 21.06.2012
(French) Progéria – Découverte du mécanisme moléculaire qui préserve les cellules neurales du vieillissement accéléré
(French) L’équipe de Xavier Nissan est parvenue à identifier un mécanisme moléculaire qui, dans la progéria, protège les cellules neurales d’un vieillissement accéléré.
- Press releases - 19.06.2012
(French) ADN tumoral circulant dans le sang : un nouveau biomarqueur du cancer
(French) Repérer le plus tôt possible l’apparition de cancers ou leur rechute est l’un des enjeux de la cancérologie. Malgré les progrès de l’imagerie, la récidive de la tumeur doit avoir atteint une taille suffisante pour être visible.
- Press releases - 19.06.2012
The neurological bases of anxiety disorders
On June 18th, a one-day scientific symposium in Paris entitled “Neurobiological basis of Anxiety disorders”, got together scientists from 6 of the partners of DEVANX (1) , a European project coordinated by Inserm and launched in 2008. It was an opportunity to take stock of what knowledge has been acquired about the neurological basis of […]