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What's on? - 15.09.2016
Wednesday 21 September 2016: World Alzheimer’s Day
Initiated by the France Alzheimer association, the 23rd edition of World Alzheimer’s Day will take place next Wednesday, 21 September. This year, the association wished to highlight the consequences of the disease for close caregivers who are in employment, but also for businesses, namely stress, absenteeism, loss of income, isolation and even workplace conflict. Many […]
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News in brief - 15.09.2016
Seniors: a study to evaluate the effects of meditation on their well-being and mental health
In an attempt to respond to this problem, the research programme Silver Santé Study was launched in January 2016. This European project, coordinated by Gaël Chételat at Inserm Caen, is aimed at evaluating the impact of meditation on the well-being and mental health of older people. A first clinical trial will be conducted in […]
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Press releases - 14.09.2016
A tailored sports training programme for people with paraplegia
Now that the 2016 Summer Olympic Games are over, Rio de Janeiro will be hosting the Paralympic Games from 7 to 18 September. The participating athletes will be attempting to win Olympic medals, thus testing their bodies to the limit.
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What's on? - 14.09.2016
A tailored sports training programme for people with paraplegia
Now that the 2016 Summer Olympic Games are over, Rio de Janeiro will be hosting the Paralympic Games from 7 to 18 September. The participating athletes will be attempting to win Olympic medals, thus testing their bodies to the limit. What are the risks for the top athletes? What lines of prevention can be […]
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News in brief - 13.09.2016
Narcolepsy-cataplexy, a sleep disorder, may have an autoimmune origin
In order to study the potential autoimmune aetiology, Inserm researchers at Unit 1043, the “Toulouse Purpan Pathophysiology Center” (Inserm/University of Toulouse/CNRS), have developed a mouse model that mimics narcolepsy. They thus generated mice expressing an autoantigen, haemagglutinin, specifically in the orexinergic neurons (Orex-HA mice). The mice were injected with effector T cells specific for this […]
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Press releases - 12.09.2016
Space and Health In the presence of the President of France, CNES and Inserm sign a framework agreement at the Elysée Palace
CNES and Inserm, respectively the institution in charge of proposing and implementing French space policy and the leading biomedical research organisation in Europe, have decided to expand their cooperation in the area of space and health. For the first time, they have signed a framework agreement that will cover the advances in basic research made possible by studying the human being in space, as well as the applications of findings from space research in matters of health.
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Press releases - 06.09.2016
Saturday 10 September 2016: World Suicide Prevention Day
Suicide causes more than 800,000 deaths every year according to estimates by the World Health Organisation, i.e. one death every 40 seconds. It affects all age categories, and spares no region of the world.
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What's on? - 06.09.2016
Saturday 10 September 2016: World Suicide Prevention Day
Suicide causes more than 800,000 deaths every year according to estimates by the World Health Organisation, i.e. one death every 40 seconds. It affects all age categories, and spares no region of the world. To find out more about suicide mortality data for France, you may contact Grégoire Rey, director of CépiDc-Inserm (Epidemiological Center on […]
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News in brief - 06.09.2016
Biological Engineering: Marine Vessels
Researchers are aiming to produce flexible and malleable substitute materials to replace defective small blood vessels. The team led by Didier Letourneur, in Inserm Unit 1148, took inspiration from the composition of algae when designing polysaccharide-based vessels. Read the whole article in Science & Santé magazine issue no. 31 (April/May 2016) These synthetic vessels have […]
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News in brief - 05.09.2016
Rare genetic obesity: promising results from a clinical trial
POMC (proopiomelanocortin) deficiency obesity is an orphan disease which has been described in 50 patients to date, although it is estimated to affect 100–500 people worldwide. Although there is currently no specific treatment, a publication in NEJM reports promising results from a phase 2 clinical trial that led to considerable weight loss in female […]