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The Placenta Could Retain a Memory of Tobacco Exposure Prior to Pregnancy

A study is showing for the first time that tobacco consumption, even when stopped before pregnancy, can have an impact on the placenta. Smoking not just during but also before pregnancy leads to epigenetic modifications (DNA methylation) which could have consequences on ...
Press release | 07 Oct 2020 | Cell biology, development and evolution Genetics, genomics and bioinformatics Public health

COVID-19 Vaccines: 25,000 Volunteers Needed for Large-Scale Clinical Trials in France – Registration Now Open

Today, COVIREIVAC opens the registration process for volunteers to participate in the first large-scale clinical trials in France. ...
Press release | 01 Oct 2020 | Covid-19 Immunology, inflammation, infectiology and microbiology Institutional and special event Public health

New Whooping Cough Vaccine In Development

A research team from Inserm, Lille University, Lille University Hospital, CNRS, and the Institut Pasteur of Lille, as part of the Lille Immunity and Infection Center, is developing a new vaccine against whooping cough. En utilisant la bactérie entière mais génétiquement modifiée ...
Press release | 29 Sep 2020 | Immunology, inflammation, infectiology and microbiology Public health

Rift Valley Fever: An Example of the Fight Against Emerging Viral Diseases

Maladie virale à l’origine d’épidémies importantes, principalement en Afrique, la fièvre de la Vallée du Rift (FVR) se transmet du bétail à l’humain. Classée maladie prioritaire émergente par le programme R&D Blueprint de l’Organisation Mondiale de la Santé (OMS) en 2015, sa ...
Press release | 28 Sep 2020 | Immunology, inflammation, infectiology and microbiology Public health

L’étude ANRS-Coquelicot montre la vulnérabilité des usagers de drogues russophones à Paris

L’étude ANRS-Coquelicot a pour objectif d’estimer la proportion d’usagers de drogues infectés par le VIH et le virus de l’hépatite C et de comprendre les déterminants de l’exposition aux risques infectieux. Le groupe de recherche s’est récemment focalisé sur les usagers de ...
Press release | 21 Sep 2020 | Public health

Consumption of Foods With Lower Nutri-Scores Associated With Higher Mortality

Consuming food products that rank lower on the nutritional quality score underlying the Nutri-Score logo is associated with higher mortality, according to the European cohort EPIC. These findings, obtained by researchers from Inserm, Inrae, Cnam and Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, in collaboration ...
Press release | 17 Sep 2020 | Public health
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