La cohorte Constances rassemble les données relatives à la santé de plus de 65 000 volontaires de 18 à 69 ans affiliés au régime général de sécurité sociale
By analysing the genome of a little girl who contracted a severe form of influenza at the age of two and a half years, researchers have discovered that she has a genetic mutation, unknown until now, that causes a subtle dysfunction in her immune system.
Researchers from Inserm, CNRS and Paris Descartes University have just demonstrated the beneficial effect of lithium chloride on a group of genetic disorders responsible for muscle dysfunction known as congenital myasthenias.
On the 15th Sleep Day, to be held on Friday 27 March 2015 on the theme of “Sleep and Nutrition,” many public institutions and associations, including InSV, will be working to receive, inform and sensitise the general public.
Une collaboration internationale conduite par le Professeur Thomas Baumert met en évidence qu’un anticorps monoclonal spécifiquement dirigé contre la claudine-1, permet de prévenir et de traiter une infection chronique par ce virus dans un modèle animal.
Researchers from the Paris Public Hospitals (AP-HP), Inserm, the Gustave Roussy and Curie Institutes, and Oscar Lambret Cancer Centre, coordinated by Dr Cécile Thomas-Teinturier of the Paediatric Endocrinology Service at Bicêtre Hospital, have studied the impact of certain therapeutic agents on the fertility of women who have been cured of a paediatric cancer.
On Friday 20 March 2015, a partial eclipse of the sun will be visible in France between 9:00 and 12:00 am, depending on the place of observation. Why is looking directly at the sun dangerous and a cause of irreversible damage to the retina? Inserm researchers who are specialists at the Vision Institute (Inserm/CNRS/UPMC) can answer your questions.
For 5 weeks, 5 international research teams will conduct a scientific expedition in Nepal, in the heart of the Himalayas, close to the summit of Mount Manaslu (8,156 m). The French component of the expedition, coordinated by a researcher from Inserm (Inserm/Université Joseph Fourier), will conduct an original project on the impact of altitude on the brain and heart, and on sleep disturbances induced by altitude. The French researchers...
Basic research on blood pressure has led researchers from Inserm (Inserm Unit 1138, “Cordeliers Research Centre”) to obtain unexpected results: drugs used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure) reduce side effects from corticosteroid-based creams used to treat certain skin diseases.
A large survey, coordinated by Inserm Unit 1178, “Mental Health and Public Health,” and the University Division of Fondation Vallée, describes the current situation regarding issues and challenges in adolescence.
The indoor air quality in nursing homes has a serious effect on the lung health of elderly residents, according to the findings of a new study.
