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10th European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week

Initiated by ECCA (European Cervical Cancer Association), this campaign, which will run from 24 to 30 January next, is aimed at raising awareness among the general public and health professionals about cervical cancer prevention and screening. ...

22 Jan 2016 | Europe

Seasonal influenza: launch of the 5th season of GrippeNet.fr

Spread of influenza remains low in metropolitan France according to the weekly bulletin of 25/11/15 from the Sentinelles network, an information system based on a network of 1,300 general practitioners, with the incidence of influenza-illness estimated at 24 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, ...

26 Nov 2015 | Europe

Friday 5 June: World Environment Day

On 15 June 1972, the United Nations celebrated World Environment Day for the first time. Since that day, every year on the same date, the major issues in environmental conservation are given prominence in over 100 countries, a day devoted to the ...

02 Jun 2015 | Europe International World day

Solar eclipse on 20 March: dangers for the retina

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 ...

19 Mar 2015 | Europe Event

Juno : the secret of the egg finally revealed

After a decade of research, a team of researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute has identified Juno, a protein located on the membrane of the egg cell that enables the sperm cell to recognise it. Its presence, and that of Izumo ...

17 Apr 2014 | Europe

Development of a bioartificial pancreas

European consortium BIOSID have developed a bioartificial pancreas that can directly produce insulin in the bodies of patients with type 1 diabetes, which should be tested in humans by 2015. Les essais seront menés par l’équipe d’Eric Renard, chercheur au sein de ...

25 Feb 2014 | Europe