Researchers, doctors and teacher-researchers analyzed blood samples from a cohort of 56 pediatric patients admitted to Hôpital Necker Enfants-Malades AP-HP. What they saw was the abnormal expression of several genes associated with the development of severe forms of myocarditis.
Teams from Inserm, CNRS, AP-HP and Sorbonne University, grouped together within the Brain Institute at Pitié-Salpêtrière AP-HP hospital and coordinated by Dr Matthieu Peyre and Prof. Michel Kalamarides, studied the presence of mutations in the PIK3CA genes in cavernomas.
A team of researchers has developed an online tool for viewing the benefits and the risks of vaccination against Covid-19. Convincing the hesitant population to get vaccinated is a matter of major concern in the fight against the Covid-19 epidemic. The main reasons for refusing vaccination are concern and demand for further hindsight regarding the safety and efficacy of vaccines.
La cohorte ANRS COV-POPART – « cohorte vaccinale Covid-19 des populations particulières » – a été conçue pour évaluer la réponse immunitaire induite par les vaccins contre la Covid-19 au sein de différents groupes de personnes suivies pour une maladie chronique comparativement à des personnes en bonne santé.
Long considered an unnecessary organ, the appendix is now the focus of several studies that aim to better understand its role. Present in many mammals, including humans, it appears to have developed at least 16 times over the course of the evolutionary history of mammals, suggesting that its function must confer a positive selective advantage on those that have it.
To increase their understanding of the disease, a team of researchers has for several years studied the role of leptin, a hormone involved in appetite control that sends satiety signals to the brain.
Les directions générales de l’ANSES, du CEA, du CNRS, d’INRAE et de l’Inserm, ont décidé conjointement et en accord avec le ministère de l’enseignement supérieur, de la recherche et de l’innovation de suspendre à titre conservatoire l’ensemble de leurs travaux de recherche et d’expérimentation relatifs aux maladies à prions, pour une durée de trois mois.
La France figure parmi les pays les plus consommateurs de médicaments en Europe. Des chercheurs ont quantifié les prescriptions médicamenteuses pédiatriques en France et étudié leur évolution entre 2010 et 2019.
An article published in JAMA Internal Medicine and WHO meta-analysis of 27 controlled trials confirm the promising initial results of the test-CORIMUNO TOCI-1, indicating an improved prognosis of patients with moderate to severe COVID-19 pneumonia.
Most of us carry human papillomaviruses (HPVs) – particularly skin papillomaviruses that generally cause warts or benign local lesions. However, on very rare occasions worldwide patients develop severe forms of these viral diseases, including "tree man" syndrome. This highly debilitating disease manifests as the uncontrolled growth of horn-like skin lesions for which surgery is ineffective.
