A patient paralysed in his hands and legs is able to use his hand through a device able to restore communication between the brain and muscles, bypassing the spinal cord. According to the French Press Association, a chip containing 96 electrodes, implanted in the patient’s brain, transmits the quadriplegic man’s thoughts to a computer that […]
Haemophilia is a hereditary disease characterised by bleeding due to a deficiency of coagulation factors. Haemophilia A is the most widespread form, affecting one in every 5,000 boys born.[1] The severity of the disease depends on the extent of the coagulation factor deficiency. It is described as severe when the level of coagulation factor is […]
Celebrated on 7 April next, World Health Day will be devoted to diabetes this year. The incidence of diabetes is growing rapidly worldwide, and more particularly in developing countries. In 2014, 8.5% of the adult population was diabetic.[1] World Health Day is an opportunity to raise awareness among the public authorities, the health authorities and […]
The 17th edition of Brain Awareness Week will take place from 14 to 20 March 2016, in 62 countries as well as France. During this week, the general public is invited to come and meet researchers in order to better understand the workings of the brain and to find out about advances in research. Researchers […]
On the 9th International Rare Disease Day, which will be held on 29 February next, many events will be organised in over 80 countries to raise awareness among the general public, health professionals and politicians about the characteristics of these diseases, their impacts and the means to manage and treat them. This year, the […]
This international campaign is a reminder of the seriousness of cancer, a major cause of death worldwide, leading to 8.2 million deaths in 2012.[1] According to WHO, the annual number of new cases is expected to rise from 14 million in 2012 to 22 million in the next two decades. Inserm researchers devote themselves […]
Interest in the intestinal microbiota, or intestinal flora, has grown considerably in recent years. In 2015, over 4,500 scientific studies on the subject were published in PubMed. The intestinal microbiota is an ecosystem made up of 100,000 billion bacteria that colonise our digestive tract from the time we are born. Each host has his/her […]
The 21st International Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21/CMP11) opened on Monday 30 November, underlining the willingness of participating governments to fight climate change and its consequences. In this context, Inserm wishes to raise awareness among professionals and the general public about the impacts of climate change on […]
A Cerebrovascular Accident results from the interruption of blood flow to the brain. The deprivation of oxygen and essential nutrients causes brain cells to die, leading to permanent damage (speech or writing difficulty, memory problems, bodily paralysis to a greater or lesser extent), or even sudden death. World Cerebrovascular Accident Day is organised on 29 […]
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 goes to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar “for mechanistic studies of DNA repair“. Read the press release The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015. Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 5 Oct 2015.