The French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), in collaboration with health authorities in Guinea and Liberia, are launching a large clinical trial of candidate Ebola vaccines under the aegis of the PREVAC international consortium (Partnership for Research on Ebola VACcination).
Le rôle des facteurs nutritionnels (alimentation et activité physique) dans le développement du surpoids et de l’obésité et dans la survenue de nombreuses maladies chroniques telles que les cancers, les maladies cardiovasculaires, le diabète et l’arthrose est à ce jour scientifiquement bien établi. Ces maladies constituent la première cause de mortalité à l’échelle de la planète et le nombre de patients concernés ne cesse d’augmenter.
A new study conducted by Inserm researchers at Irset (Institute of Research in Environmental and Occupational Health)[1] shows that ibuprofen is liable to cause disruptions in the hormone system in the human foetal testis, with possible implications for the development of the male urogenital tract. This drug suppresses the production of various testicular hormones, including testosterone, which controls the primary and secondary sex characteristics and the descent of the...
A team led by Prof. Marina Cavazzana, working at Necker Hospital for Sick Children, AP-HP, and the Imagine Institute (AP-HP/Inserm/Paris Descartes University) performed gene therapy on a 13-year-old patient with severe sickle cell anaemia in October 2014 as part of a phase I/II clinical trial. Conducted in collaboration with Prof. Philippe Leboulch (CEA/Faculties of Medicine at Paris-Sud and Harvard Universities), who developed the vector used, and supervised the preclinical...
Une consommation élevée de charcuterie (au moins 4 fois par semaine) est associée à une aggravation des symptômes de l'asthme au cours du temps.
A new home-based therapeutic approach targeting dementia patients, “occupational therapy,” can slow their loss of autonomy and reduce behaviour problems. These results come from a new study published by Inserm researchers (Unit 1219 “Institute of Public Health, Epidemiology and Development” [ISPED]) in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Nearly one in two French people over 30 years of age are overweight. This is what the first results from the Constances cohort has revealed. Now supported by Inserm and the French national social security organisation for salaries workers (Cnamts), Constances collates health data on more than 110,000 French people. With ultimately 200,000 people monitored, Constances will provide varied indicators of health in the population, such as the influence...
An international research team involving Inserm and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has just published the results of the PREVAIL study on treatment for the Ebola virus. While not definitive, the results show that ZMapp may benefit patients with the Ebola virus disease. These results are published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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...
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.