Our ability to understand the syntax of complex sentences is one of the most difficult language skills to acquire. In 2019, research had revealed a correlation between being particularly proficient in tool use and having good syntactic ability. A new study has now shown that both skills rely on the same neurological resources, which are located in the same brain region. Furthermore, motor training using a tool improves our...
La pandémie de Covid-19 s’est accompagnée d’une dégradation de l’état de santé mentale d’une grande partie de la population française. Des chercheurs montrent que les étudiants sont particulièrement vulnérables. Pendant les deux premiers confinements, les prévalences des troubles anxieux et dépressifs, ainsi que des pensées suicidaires, étaient plus élevées dans cette population en comparaison à des non étudiants. Ces résultats, mettent en lumière la nécessité d’une grande vigilance en...
Researchers carried out work, to study the genetic cause of bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia with diet-induced Cushing's syndrome. This rare disease affects the two adrenal glands located above the kidneys and causes an overproduction of cortisol, a steroid hormone whose excess has harmful consequences for the body . Researchers were able to determine the molecular explanation for the occurrence of this disease 30 years after its initial description.
What are the molecular and genetic characteristics that distinguish patients with critical forms of COVID-19 – and particularly acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)? Researchers have investigated the biological and genomic data of a targeted cohort of young patients. Patients hospitalized in intensive care with ARDS were compared with COVID-19 patients hospitalized in a non-critical care ward. As part of a Franco-US collaboration, the scientists have succeeded in identifying a...
In response to the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic, the clinical development of a two-dose regimen of vaccines Ad26.ZEBOV and MVA-BN-Filo was accelerated. Approved in 2020 by the European Commission for use in epidemic emergencies, this regimen continues to demonstrate its relevance. An Inserm study has played a role in evaluating its safety and immunogenicity in healthy adults and in those with HIV and compared different time intervals between the two...
What if a few minutes of interaction with a chatbot could effectively address vaccine concerns? In an article published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied (28 October 2021), researchers from the CNRS, INSERM, and ENS-PSL show that such an interface is indeed capable of swaying the vaccine-hesitant.
A large number of researchers are currently mobilized to increase knowledge of SARS-CoV-2 in order to improve the treatment of infected patients and try to predict the future health impacts of infection with the virus. Researchers have been the first to identify a direct effect of SARS-CoV-2 on the brain’s blood vessels.
La dysplasie fibromusculaire artérielle (DFM) est une anomalie de la paroi de certaines artères entraînant une augmentation du risque cardiovasculaire chez les personnes qui en sont atteintes. 3% de la population générale pourrait en être affectée et au moins 80% des personnes atteintes de cette maladie sont des femmes. Des chercheurs sont parvenus à décrire la composante génétique de la maladie, premier par vers l’identification de nouvelles cibles thérapeutiques....
In 2013, a medical team proposed to the Haitian government and to Unicef a coordinated strategy to fight against cholera, aimed at breaking the chains of transmission. This strategy and its results, which show the apparent cessation of cholera transmission in Haiti since 2019, have just been the subject of a publication in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Teams of researchers published on October 4, 2021 in the journal Molecular Psychiatry (Nature Publishing Group) a summary of the results of the international literature on the central role that “ ceramides ”, a class of lipids, may play a role in SARS-CoV-2 infection.
