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A Summer of Science and Art with the Participation of Inserm

Inserm has long played a proactive role in scientific outreach in order to share science and biomedical research advances with the general public. And this summer 2018 will be no exception, with its host of events in which art and science will meet, in which our researchers will participate in La recherche de l’art #7 in Arles, Binôme in Avignon, and the Science in The City festival in Toulouse. The diary of Inserm’s scientific and cultural events, which include a photography exhibition, play, and visual performances, is presented below.

Hypertension: An international study shows the blood pressure benefit of endovascular renal denervation focused ultrasound in patients receiving no antihypertensive drug

After reporting the first positive results of renal denervation in blood pressure (HBP) resistant in the journal The Lancetin 2015, the team of the Center of Excellence in Hypertension and CIC1418 APHP-INSERM led by Dr. Michel Azizi and that of the interventional radiology department led by Prof. Marc Sapoval from European Georges Pompidou Hospital, AP-HP , obtained promising new results in hypertensive patients receiving no antihypertensive therapy as part of an international study. They provide, for the first time, evidence of the reduction in blood pressure after renal denervation focused ultrasound in this indication. The findings of the RADIANCE-SOLO study, coordinated by the European Hospital Georges Pompidou, AP-HP, were presented at EuroPCR in Paris and at the Congress of the European Society of Hypertension in Barcelona. They are published in the journal The Lancet . This opens new perspectives for treatment in this disease that affects 30% of the French population to consider in the future an alternative to drug therapy for some patients.

How does air pollution affect the placenta ?

Researchers from Inserm, CNRS and Université Grenoble Alpes working at the Institute for Advanced Biosciences (Joint Research Unit 1209) have analyzed the consequences of environmental exposure in utero using data collected from a cohort of 668 women. Exposure to atmospheric pollution is associated with epigenetic modifications in the placenta, presenting a risk to the fetus. These findings were published in Environment International on June 21, 2018.

Research into a Ricin Antidote – What’s New?

Back in 2016, a team from Inserm had made a major contribution to the development of an aerosol capable of rapidly administering, into the deepest reaches of the lungs, an antidote to ricin. Ricin is highly toxic when inhaled and dreaded in the event of a bioterrorism attack.

Research into a Ricin Antidote – What’s New?

Back in 2016, a team from Inserm had made a major contribution to the development of an aerosol capable of rapidly administering, into the deepest reaches of the lungs, an antidote to ricin. Ricin is highly toxic when inhaled and dreaded in the event of a bioterrorism attack. Among the challenges addressed: adapt this antibody […]

Five years after a cancer diagnosis, quality of life and employment status remain strongly impacted

Over 3 million people in France are currently living with cancer or have recovered from it.
While the number of new cases diagnosed each year continues to increase, the advances made in diagnosis and treatment have made it possible to push back mortality.  The disease remains a difficult ordeal for those affected, both physically and psychologically, and is also synonymous with social and professional disruption. 

In order to study the evolution of the impact of cancer over time on the daily lives of sufferers, the French National Cancer Institute decided to extend VICAN2 – the survey on life two years after a cancer diagnosis – which was conducted in 2012.

Conducted by Inserm[1], this study explores, five years after diagnosis, the health status, long-term side effects and medical follow-up, the difficulties experienced in daily life and also the impact of the disease and its treatments on resources and employment.  Its results will be discussed at a colloquium on June 10, in Paris.

Video Game Addiction Recognized by the World Health Organization

A l’occasion de la publication de la nouvelle classification internationale des maladies (CIM-11) ce lundi 18 Juin 2018, l’OMS a officiellement reconnu l’existence d’un “trouble du jeu vidéo”. L’Inserm avait déjà mentionné ce type d’addiction chez les adolescents lors d’une expertise collective de 2014 intitulée conduites addictives chez les adolescents

Video Game Addiction Recognized by the World Health Organization

With the publication of the new International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) on June 18, 2018, WHO officially recognizes the existence of a “gaming disorder”. In its collective expert review of 2014 on addictive behaviors in adolescents, Inserm had already mentioned this form of addiction. As part of the preparation of the French Government Plan 2013-2017 […]

Usutu Virus Detected in a Patient in Montpellier in 2016

Usutu is an arbovirus from the same family as the Zika and West Nile viruses. Like its cousins, it is transmitted by mosquitoes. While we know that it is responsible for high mortality in birds, principally passerines, knowledge on human pathology remains limited.

Usutu Virus Detected in a Patient in Montpellier in 2016

Usutu is an arbovirus from the same family as the Zika and West Nile viruses. Like its cousins, it is transmitted by mosquitoes. While we know that it is responsible for high mortality in birds, principally passerines, knowledge on human pathology remains limited. Only 26 cases of human infection by Usutu have been reported in […]