- 2016
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Press releases - 05.10.2016
Eating well to grow well: discovery of a missing link
Rénald Delanoue, Inserm Researcher, and his colleagues at the Institute of Biology Valrose in Nice (Inserm-CNRS-Université Côte d’Azur) have identified the missing links in the process that regulates the size of an organism based on the richness of its diet. Their research was conducted on Drosophila, an insect that seems very distant from humans, but the study of which has nonetheless enabled many advances in biomedical research. This work is published in the 30 September 2016 issue of the journal Science.
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Press releases - 04.10.2016
1 in 2 French people suffers from joint pain
According to the results of an IFOP survey, “Les Français et les Rhumatismes” (Rheumatic Diseases and the French), conducted by Inserm and “Ensemble Contre les Rhumatismes” (Together Against Rheumatic Diseases), 93% of French people report having already suffered from joint pain[1] and one in two were suffering from it at the time of responding to the survey. This joint pain strongly affects their daily life. Quality of sleep and the ability to perform leisure activities are the two aspects of daily life that are most affected, ahead of working life and family life.
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Press releases - 03.10.2016
Nobel Prize in medicine 2016
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2016 is awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy.
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What's on? - 03.10.2016
Nobel Prize in medicine 2016
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2016 is awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy. Yoshinori Ohsumi. Ill. Niklas Elmehed. Read the press release
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Press releases - 29.09.2016
Zika virus found inside spermatozoa
Recent work has shown that Zika virus persists in semen for up to 6 months after infection[1]. In a correspondence published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, the researchers, in addition to confirming its long persistence in semen (in this case for more than 130 days, i.e., over 4 months), reveal the presence of the virus even within spermatozoa. This work results from collaboration between researchers from Inserm, CNRS, and academic practitioners from University Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier and Toulouse University Hospital.
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Press releases - 28.09.2016
Towards an improved diagnosis of certain cancers
Paris Descartes University, AP-HP, CNRS and Inserm have unveiled a royalty-free method that enables wide-scale use of circulating DNA in patients with lung and pancreatic cancer. This study is published in the journal Clinical Chemistry.
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Press releases - 26.09.2016
A new way to combat viruses
The team “Physiopathology and therapeutics of chronic viral hepatitis and related cancers” of the Mondor Institute of Biomedical Research (Inserm/UPEC), located on the premises of Henri Mondor Hospital AP-HP, in collaboration with the researchers of the Centre for Structural Biochemistry (CNRS/Inserm/Montpellier University), with the support of ANRS, has created a whole new family of molecules that inhibit cyclophilins – proteins indispensable to cell metabolism – and have strong therapeutic potential as broad-spectrum antiviral drugs. This discovery, published in Nature Communications on 22 September 2016, also opens the possibility of using these new inhibitors to protect cells in the context of ischaemia-reperfusion (organ transplants, recovery after ischaemic accidents, or neurodegenerative diseases).
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News in brief - 21.09.2016
ERC Starting Grants 2016: Inserm leader in life sciences
The ERC Starting Grants are issued every year by the European Research Council. They are intended for excellent young researchers with 2-7 years’ experience in a European research structure following their PhD. This year, 99 projects were selected by ERC in the life sciences field, including 9 conducted by researchers or lecturer-researchers working at […]
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Press releases - 20.09.2016
Too much fat rapidly unbalances the intestinal flora
A disruptive element such as a change in diet, and the whole intestinal flora becomes disrupted, with possible repercussions for health. An international research study conducted by the Molecular Microbial Pathogenesis Unit (Institut Pasteur/Inserm), directed by Philippe Sansonetti, has just demonstrated, in mice, the direct influence of a diet too high in fat on the intestinal flora and its environment. In response to this new diet, the bacterial communities reorganise themselves and the small intestine itself is transformed. And this happens in the first month. These results were published in the journal PNAS on 16 September.
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Press releases - 16.09.2016
Ile-de-France residents + public transport = Champions of daily exercise
Ile-de-France Transport Union (STIF), the public transport authority for the Ile-de-France (Greater Paris) region, and Inserm, the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, have revealed the results of a study* measuring the physical activity associated with the daily journeys of Ile-de-France residents. This study shows that the use of public transport contributes significantly to the physical activity of Ile-de-France residents, an important behaviour for staying healthy.