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Les conséquences neurologiques du virus Zika enfin dévoilées

By Lea Roy | Published: 1 May 2019

(Français) L’infection virale Zika est toujours un problème de santé publique mondial. Son agent pathogène est le virus Zika transmis par les moustiques du genre Aedes. Depuis 2007, de nombreuses épidémies ont été recensées en Asie et en Afrique, et plus récemment en Amérique centrale et en Amérique du Sud. Si le virus est bien connu par les chercheurs et médecins, la fréquence d’apparition des complications neurologiques, leurs tableaux cliniques et leurs pronostics restent encore très énigmatiques. Dans une étude publiée dans Neurology, des équipes de chercheurs français*ont réussi à lever le voile sur les effets à long terme de ce virus. 

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(Français) 2 minutes : c’est le temps nécessaire au cœur pour réagir à un changement de lumière

By Victor Hamon | Published: 4 March 2019

(Français) Moins de 5 min, c’est effectivement le temps que mettent nos différents organes vitaux (cœur et cerveau notamment) pour détecter puis adapter leur fonctionnement à un changement de lumière dans l’environnement. Tels sont les résultats d’une nouvelle étude publiée par Claude Gronfier neurobiologiste à l’Inserm et son équipe basée au Centre de recherche en neurosciences de Lyon. Ces travaux viennent d’être publiés dans la revue Frontiers in Neurosciences et dans le Journal of Pineal Research.

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(Français) ERC Starting grants 2018 : L’Inserm, 1ère institution hôte en France en sciences de la vie

By Priscille Rivière | Published: 27 July 2018

L’Inserm s’illustre cette année avec 4 jeunes chercheurs sélectionnés dans la catégorie science de la vie

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Apparent age of the elderly : a diagnostic tool for primary care physicians?

By Lea Roy | Published: 23 April 2018

To estimate the health of their elderly patients, healthcare professionals have various clinical tools at their disposal: geriatric assessment scales, health questionnaires and frailty scores. However, although these tests are appropriate to a medical context, they are more difficult for primary care physicians (PCPs) to implement because they require time and equipment that they do not necessarily possess. When evaluating the general health of an elderly patient, the PCP will first go on their detailed knowledge of him or her as well as the various signs observed during the consultation (physical appearance, gait, etc.).

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Repurposing Drugs to Fight the Flu: a Phase 2 Clinical Trial for FLUNEXT

By Lea Roy | Published: 1 March 2018

(Français) L’équipe VirPath du CIRI, en collaboration avec le laboratoire du Dr Guy Boivin (chaire de recherche du Canada sur les virus émergents, a développé et validé une stratégie innovante qui consiste à identifier et exploiter directement des échantillons infectieux prélevés cliniquement, afin de sélectionner et d’utiliser des médicaments déjà commercialisés pour soigner d’autres virus (on parle alors de « repositionnement de médicaments »). Ce programme a été financé par l’Inserm, la DGOS, l’Agence National de la Recherche, la Région Auvergne Rhône-Alpes, l’Université Claude Bernard et l’Université Laval.

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What is the Origin of Human Social Intelligence?

By Priscille Rivière | Published: 22 December 2017

In humans, “Theory of Mind” is the ability to understand others’ mental states: what they think, what they feel, what they desire, what they love, etc. It plays a major role in human social interactions.

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Drug overconsumption in pregnant women in France

By Aurélia Meunier | Published: 2 November 2017

Pregnancy is a sensitive time, particularly in the first months. Pregnant women are therefore strongly advised to limit their use of medicines, as some of their effects are yet poorly known. Nevertheless, a recent study conducted by Inserm researchers reveals that pregnant French women are among the largest consumers of drugs worldwide with around ten medicines prescribed during pregnancy. A rate which remained stable throughout the period analyzed (2011-2014).

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Benefits of Unit-Dose Antibiotic Sale

By Aurélia Meunier | Published: 3 October 2017

Between November 2014 and November 2015, a study conducted by Inserm (Unit 912 SESSTIM – Economic and Social Sciences, Health Systems and Medical Informatics), Université Aix-Marseille, IRD, CNRS and the PACA Regional Health Observatory, trialed the unit-dose dispensing of certain antibiotics across four regions in France. Out of 100 volunteer pharmacies, 75 pharmacies were randomly selected to offer unit-dose dispensing of treatment to patients with a prescription stating one or more of the 14 antibiotics concerned. The results of this trial, published in PLos ONE on September 19, 2017, are as follows:

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Is Our Stubbornness Caused by Confirmation Bias?

By Aurélia Meunier | Published: 14 September 2017

The way in which people make decisions can sometimes seem reckless or even totally irrational. One explanation for this behavior is that humans tend to prefer information that confirms their beliefs and overlook that which contradicts them. This is a phenomenon called confirmation bias.

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Osteoarthritis and metabolic disease: a “joint” therapeutic target?

By Aurélia Meunier | Published: 21 June 2017

Pour la première fois, des chercheurs du laboratoire de recherche « Ingénierie moléculaire et physiopathologie articulaire » (Cnrs/Université de Lorraine) et du laboratoire « Défaillances cardiovasculaires aiguë et chronique » (Inserm/Université de Lorraine) à Nancy, ont décrit le développement spontané de ce type d’arthropathie dégénérative dans un modèle murin de SMet.

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