Constances is a “generalist’ epidemiological cohort constituted from a representative sample of 200,000 adults aged 18 to 69. It has been organised by the Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations (CESP - INSERM/Université Paris Sud/Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines) in partnership .
An international group of researchers has discovered seven new regions in the human genome associated with an increased risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD), one of the main causes of blindness.
Le 27 février, les données de la surveillance de la grippe confirmaient le franchissement du pic épidémique de la grippe saisonnière. Le site Internet www.grippenet.fr permet pour la deuxième année consécutive de collecter des données sur les syndromes grippaux directement auprès de la population française.
When blood pressure is normal in the doctor's surgery, but is high at home! This is an unknown phenomenon known as "masked hypertension". Christophe Tzourio, Research Director of Inserm unit 708 "Neuroepidemiology" (University of Bordeaux Ségalen) studied the occurrence of masked hypertension in a population of 1500 elderly persons.
André Syrota has been reappointed by the French government as Chairman and CEO of the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), on the recommendation of the Minister for Higher Education and Research, Geneviève Fioraso.
Research performed by the Neurology Department and Stroke Reception and Treatment Unit at the Bichat Hospital (AP-HP/ Paris University Diderot) and the associated INSERM Unit 698 (Prof. Amarenco, Dr Olivier Meilhac) has highlighted the benefits of good cholesterol in reducing bleeding complications in the only treatment available for embolic stroke. The results of this experiment, performed on the rat, have just been published in Stroke .
The immature brain of a premature infant is capable, at the age of three months pre-term, of distinguishing syllables uttered by male and female voices. These results obtained by INSERM researchers at the University of Picardy Jules Verne and the CEA’s NeuroSpin Imaging Centre, were published in the PNAS journal dated 25 February 2013. They highlight the very early sophisticated organisation of the regions of the brain involved in...
Antimicrobial resistance represents is a growing problem in public health due the increasing rarity of antibiotics capable of combating resistant bacteria. The COMBACTE project, that has just obtained 195 million euros worth of finance from the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), aims to work to develop new antibiotics and introduce a successful clinical trials platform combining private and public research.
L’Inserm et l’Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier renouvellent leur partenariat en matière de recherche, de valorisation et de transfert de connaissances en sciences du vivant.
Liver and skeletal muscle resistance to the action of insulin is an early sign of the development of Type 2 Diabetes. The INSERM team at the "Obesity Research Laboratory " in the Institut des Maladies Métaboliques and Cardiovasculaires (INSERM / Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier), headed by Dominique Langin, has shown through results published this week, that there is an association between lipolysis (mobilisation of fat in response...
The HOMAGE (Heart OMics in AGEing) project, coordinated by the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), has been awarded a grant by the European Commission for a 6 year period. The project aims to identify and validate specific biomarkers of heart failure in order to prevent the development of the disease affecting elderly population. 17 research groups from 10 countries will collaborate to investigate new ways...
