- 2019
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Press releases - 20.11.2019
Reprise de la campagne de vaccination contre la grippe
Comment surveille-t-on la diffusion des symptômes grippaux en France métropolitaine?
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What's on? - 20.11.2019
Reprise de la campagne de vaccination contre la grippe
D’après la Fédération des pharmaciens d’officine (FSPF), plus d’un million de personnes en France s’étaient déjà faites vaccinées contre la grippe au 1er novembre 2019, deux semaines après le lancement de la campagne annuelle. Avec le réseau Sentinelles et le projet Grippenet, l’Inserm participe activement à la surveillance des apparitions de symptômes grippaux sur […]
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Press releases - 20.11.2019
Towards a Drug to Combat a Severe Intestinal Disease in Children, Immunocompromised Patients
Researchers have recently discovered a new candidate drug to control cryptosporidiosis, a severe intestinal disease in children, immunocompromised patients, and young ruminants. Beyond this disease, their research represents an opportunity to discover new therapeutic avenues for related infections, such as toxoplasmosis and malaria.
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Press releases - 15.11.2019
Operation Cortex: an Escape Game by Inserm
Inserm’s first ever escape game, Operation Cortex, an immersive experience to raise awareness of health research, opens its doors to the general public on November 15. This new public interaction format fulfils the institute’s desire to promote scientific culture and enable visitors to discover its laboratories.
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Press releases - 13.11.2019
Type 1 diabetes : a research update from Inserm
From the discovery of insulin in 1921 to the first ever pancreas transplants in the late 1960s, the recent history of type 1 diabetes research has brought scientific and medical advances which have transformed patient prognosis and quality of life. Here at Inserm, eleven teams distributed among nine units contribute their own endeavors. Their work primarily involves the characterization of pancreatic cells and improving knowledge of the disease (risk factors, genetic susceptibility, pathophysiological mechanisms) and its complications. One of these teams, based in Lille, is exploring islet transplantation, a promising technique discussed in a new publication in Diabetes Care[1] and in an update in The Lancet[2]. Other very interesting avenues currently being explored include immunotherapy and the development of artificial pancreases.
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Press releases - 05.11.2019
A Vaccine to Overcome Immunotherapy Resistance
Researchers have shown that a commercially-available vaccine can overcome resistance to immunotherapy. Their study, published in Science Translational Medicine, shows that not only can gastroenteritis vaccines induce the immunogenic death of cancer cells in vitro, but also that combining them with immunotherapy triggers a potent anti-tumor immune response in vivo – where immunotherapy alone had failed.
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Press releases - 04.11.2019
Is physical activity always good for the heart?
Physical activity is thought to be our greatest ally in the fight against cardiovascular disease. But there may be significant variations in its protective effects across a range of different situations, such as regularly playing a sport, carrying heavy loads at work, or going for a walk with friends. These are the findings of a new study led by Inserm researcher Jean-Philippe Empana (U970 PARCC, Inserm/Université de Paris) in collaboration with Australian researchers.
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Press releases - 30.10.2019
Study on the medico-economic implications of the level of insecurity in Inpatient Pediatrics
Teams of the Clinical Research Unit in Health Economics “ECO Île-de-France” * at the Hotel Dieu AP-HP, the Clinical Epidemiology Unit and Pediatric Endocrinology-diabetology Service hospital Robert Debré AP-HP, and mixed research unit INSERM / University of Paris U1123 “clinical Epidemiology and economic evaluation applied to vulnerable populations (ECEVE) conducted a study on the association between job insecurity, duration of hospital stay and hospital costs in pediatrics. More than four million pediatric visits were analyzed and insecurity was measured based on the standard of living of residence.
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Press releases - 29.10.2019
Pediatric Cancers: Why Some Forms of Leukemia Only Affect Children
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) mainly affects children, with the prognosis often being poor despite several decades of research into more effective treatments. A new study explains why some forms of leukemia develop in very young children.
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Press releases - 28.10.2019
The creativity of the human mind rooted in errors ?
Most of our choices are not motivated by curiosity but by errors caused by the brain mechanisms implicated in evaluating our options.