For the past 30 years, it was thought that the brain – responsible for motor control – worked to continuously compensate for the effects of gravity. In an initial study in 2016, the researchers had suggested that our brains use gravity to minimize the effort our muscles have to make. Those results were recently confirmed by new experiments conducted in collaboration with New York University on non-human primate models...
L’achondroplasie, forme de nanisme la plus courante, concerne environ une naissance sur 20 000. Le 30 mars 2021, un premier enfant français atteint d’achondroplasie a reçu un inhibiteur de tyrosine kinase, l’infigratinib, traitement expérimental en développement par QED Therapeutics, à l’Hôpital Necker-Enfants malades AP-HP, dans le cadre d’un essai clinique international.
Tout au long de la pandémie, les chercheurs et modélisateurs ont développé des méthodes pour estimer la proportion de la population ayant été infectée par le SARS-CoV-2. Ce travail d’estimation est important car il permet d’apprécier la proportion de la population qui pourrait avoir acquis une immunité (au moins partielle et de court terme) contre le SARS-CoV-2 suite à une infection naturelle.
In anorexia nervosa patients, the weight loss through lack of food is accompanied by fatigue and reduced physical capacity. Yet despite this they often continue to perform intense physical activity which contributes to that weight loss.
Huntington's disease is a hereditary disorder that causes degeneration of the neurons involved in cognitive, motor and psychiatric functions. While existing treatments address the symptoms and relieve certain aspects of the disease, they cannot alter its course.
The “Henri-Mondor” variant, never described to date, was identified within a cluster made up of three hospital professionals and the spouse of one of them. It is now actively circulating in France.
A new test to detect antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 that is reliable, inexpensive and needs no special equipment? This is the proposal of an international scientific team, of which one of the members is an Inserm researcher at the Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology (CNRS/Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier). Developed in collaboration with the University of Oxford, this serological test is based on a single reagent that causes...
Air pollution is responsible for thousands of deaths each year in France. Knowing more about the health effects of its various components is therefore a priority. Scientists chose to focus on black carbon – a constituent of the fine particles produced by incomplete combustion, particularly related to automobile traffic. While it has already been associated with numerous health problems, this research suggests for the first time that long-term exposure...
Calyxis in Niort and the Inserm-Université de Bordeaux Population Health Research Center have published the findings of their study on the mental health impacts of lockdown in the journal Globalization and Health. Anxiety, depression, and self-rated mental health saw marked deteriorations in the MAVIE cohort, particularly in women, young people, elderly people, and those with less than 30 m2 of living space
Launched in October last year, the purpose of the COVIREIVAC platform coordinated by Inserm and F-CRIN in conjunction with 32 university hospitals and a network of 11 immunology laboratories is to conduct and promote first-class clinical vaccination research in France.