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Yes, the time change has physiological effects

©Fotolia On the night of Saturday 29 October to Sunday 30 October 2016, at 3 am it will be 2 am. This time change is not without effects on human physiology and health. When, in April 1784, Benjamin Franklin wrote in the Journal de Paris that getting up an hour earlier in winter would reduce […]

Creation of first accelerators of technological research at Inserm

Inserm is launching its first accelerator of technological research according to the objective that is part of the Institute’s strategic plan 2016-2020. This first “Biomedical Ultrasound” ART will be dedicated to research and the use of ultrasound in medicine, particularly in the field of cancer diagnosis and treatment, as well as cardiovascular and neurological diseases.

Saturday 29 October: World Stroke Day

A stroke, or cerebrovascular accident (CVA), occurs when the blood circulation to the brain is interrupted by the formation of a blood clot that blocks an artery in the brain, known as a cerebral infarction, or by the rupture of an artery in the brain, a situation known as a cerebral or meningeal haemorrhage.[1] As a result, nerve cells are deprived of the oxygen and nutrients they need and die, causing irreversible damage or sudden death.

Saturday 29 October: World Stroke Day

A stroke, or cerebrovascular accident (CVA), occurs when the blood circulation to the brain is interrupted by the formation of a blood clot that blocks an artery in the brain, known as a cerebral infarction, or by the rupture of an artery in the brain, a situation known as a cerebral or meningeal haemorrhage.[1] As […]

The French are overweight – confirmed by the Constances cohort

Nearly one in two French people over 30 years of age are overweight. This is what the first results from the Constances cohort has revealed. Now supported by Inserm and the French national social security organisation for salaries workers (Cnamts), Constances collates health data on more than 110,000 French people. With ultimately 200,000 people monitored, Constances will provide varied indicators of health in the population, such as the influence of various factors on the occurrence of disease or the impact of preventive measures.

Science Machina: A CEA and Inserm exhibition

Explore the outer limits of the brain and matter, create unlimited energy, overcome pain, simulate the unattainable, etc. subjects dear to science fiction that are a now a reality for research laboratories!

Global consortium receives €12 million to combat the Zika virus

ZIKAlliance, a multidisciplinary and multinational research consortium coordinated by Inserm, has received €12 million from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme to conduct a large-scale 3-year research project on Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Gastroenteritis is back in metropolitan France

According to the Sentinelles network’s weekly bulletin of 19 October 2016, the incidence rate of acute diarrhoea reached epidemic levels in metropolitan France last week, with 155 cases observed in general medicine clinics per 100 000 inhabitants.

Gastroenteritis is back in metropolitan France

Sentinelles network’s bulletin of 19 October 2016 According to the Sentinelles network’s weekly bulletin of 19 October 2016, the incidence rate of acute diarrhoea reached epidemic levels in metropolitan France last week, with 155 cases observed in general medicine clinics per 100 000 inhabitants. The Sentinelles network adds that the current level of gastroenteritis is […]

Hepatitis C virus observed under a microscope for the first time

Scientists have finally observed the hepatitis C virus (or HCV) using an electron microscope. This is the first time since the virus became known in 1990. Inserm researchers at Tours (Inserm unit 966, “HIV and Hepatitis Viruses: Morphogenesis and Antigenicity”) have taken other scientists by surprise, including an American team believed to have accomplished this feat in 2013. The latter had in fact misunderstood the nature of the particles observed.

This research is published in the journal Gut.