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Press releases - 11.06.2024
Inserm publishes its Collective Expert Review on multiple disabilities
Inserm has published a new Collective Expert Review on the theme of multiple disabilities, commissioned by the French National Solidarity Fund for Autonomy (CNSA). The conclusions and recommendations of this Collective Expert Review provide useful new elements to improve care and help answer questions regarding the consideration, interactions and integration of people with multiple disabilities.
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Press releases - 13.05.2024
Cancer spread: targeting platelets to counter metastasis?
What if our blood platelets , which play a major role in maintaining the integrity of our circulatory system, were not always on our side? Research teams from Inserm, Université de Strasbourg and the French Blood Establishment have studied their role in the process of metastasis formation. Their findings suggest that platelets, by binding specifically to circulating cancer cells, promote their survival not just in the bloodstream, but also within metastases.
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Press releases - 07.05.2024
Vulnerability of the placenta to air pollution: what effects on the unborn child’s development?
A research team from Inserm and Université Grenoble Alpes investigated the potential effects on placental DNA of exposure to three major airborne pollutants. When comparing the data obtained from around 1 500 pregnant women, it observed that exposure to these pollutants during pregnancy was associated with epigenetic changes liable to alter the development of the foetus, particularly at the metabolic, immune and neurological levels.
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Press releases - 03.05.2024
Health of children born after medically assisted reproduction: no increased overall cancer risk, but a slightly increased leukaemia risk has not been ruled out
Inserm scientists from the Epidemiology of Childhood and Adolescent Cancers team (EPICEA – Inserm JRU 1153)[1] and the EPI-PHARE scientific interest group (ANSM/Cnam), together with experts in medically assisted reproduction (MAR), have published in JAMA Network Open the findings of a large-scale study aimed at comparing the risk of cancer in children conceived by MAR with that of children conceived naturally.
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Press releases - 01.05.2024
Cell contraction drive the initial shaping of human embryos
Human embryo compaction, an essential step in the first days of an embryo’s development, is driven by the contractility of its cells. This is the finding of a team of scientists from CNRS, Institut Curie, Inserm, AP-HP and the Collège de France. These results contradict the presupposed driving role of cell adhesion in this phenomenon and pave the way for improved assisted reproductive technology (ART).
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Press releases - 24.04.2024
The consumption of certain food additive emulsifiers could be associated with the risk of developing type 2 diabetes
Emulsifiers are among the additives most widely used by the food industry, helping to improve the texture of food products and extend their shelf life. Researchers from Inserm, INRAE, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Université Paris Cité and Cnam, as part of the Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team (CRESS-EREN), studied the possible links between the dietary intake of food additive emulsifiers and the onset of type 2 diabetes between 2009 and 2023.
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Press releases - 17.04.2024
Preventing cardiovascular risk thanks to a tool for measuring arterial stiffness
Cardiovascular diseases represent the leading cause of death worldwide . Preventing cardiovascular risk by identifying the people most susceptible to these diseases is a major public health challenge. In a new study in this field, researchers from Inserm, Université de Lorraine and Nancy Regional University Hospital opted to focus on arterial stiffness and how it changes with age, given that ageing is associated with a loss of arterial flexibility.
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Press releases - 10.04.2024
Menstrual cycle regularity: a biological clock driven by the moon?
Because of their cyclical rhythm and similar durations, the menstrual and lunar cycles have often been assumed to be linked, despite no solid evidence so far to support this. To gain a better understanding of the origin of the rhythmic regularity of the menstrual cycle, an international research team involving Inserm, CNRS and Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 compared a large amount of data on cycles collected from studies conducted in Europe and North America. Its findings show that the menstrual cycle is finely regulated by an internal clock, which in turn is occasionally influenced by the lunar cycle.
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Press releases - 10.04.2024
Respiratory allergies: newly discovered molecule plays a major role in triggering inflammation
One of the molecules responsible for triggering the inflammation that causes allergic respiratory diseases, such as asthma and allergic rhinitis, has just been discovered by scientists from the CNRS, Inserm and the Université Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier. This molecule, from the alarmin family, represents a therapeutic target of major interest for the treatment of allergic diseases.
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Press releases - 20.03.2024
A study on the pre-COVID-19 health of French citizens to help decision-makers reduce the disease burden
In order to implement suitable public health policies, it is crucial to know the health status of the population and its evolution over time. This knowledge is all the more important given the severe disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to healthcare systems worldwide. For the first time, a study by teams from Inserm, Université de Bordeaux and Bordeaux University Hospital in collaboration with Santé publique France, French National Health Insurance (CNAM) and the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study collaborators, provides an overview of the health of French citizens just prior to the 2019 pandemic, and its evolution from 1990 to 2019.