The Ebola epidemic is continuing to spread in West Africa. In March 2014, Guinea was reporting its first cases of the Ebola virus disease to the World Health Organization (WHO). The disease has since spread beyond Guinea’s borders to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Within the past several days, a first case has been reported […]
According to WHO, between 29 May and 1 June 2014, 37 new cases of Ebola fever and 21 deaths were recorded in Guinea, and 13 new cases (no deaths) were recorded in Liberia. The Jean Mérieux BSL-4 Laboratory is a high-level containment laboratory dedicated to the study of class 4 pathogens. The biological safety level applied is 4, […]
Article published in the “Mayo Clinic Proceedings” journal describing complete remission of a 49-year old patient (after more than 6 months) suffering from bone marrow cancer following an injection of a strong dosage of the modified measles virus. The Mayo Clinic researchers have been using this to vaccinate 10 million people. Reach the scientific article Read the […]
In an article published yesterday in the journal Nature, an American team led by Floyd Romesberg (Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California) explains how it succeeded in integrating two new DNA bases into the genetic code of a bacterium. Their breakthrough is that the bacterium retains these genetic modifications during replication. To comment this findings, contact […]
In the last 24 hours, the World Health Organisation (WHO), in a communiqué published by the UN, has reported that it has recorded 5 new cases of Ebola fever in Guinea. Since January the total number of suspected and confirmed cases of Ebola fever in the present outbreak in Guinea is 127, with 83 deaths, […]
During this last weekend in March, we will be switching to summer time. On the night between Saturday and Sunday, we must put our watches and clocks forward by one hour. What do we currently know about the impact of changing the time on our health? Does it upset our biological clock? Find out more […]
The 15th edition of Brain Awareness Week will take place in France and in 62 countries around the world from 10 to 16 March 2014. Throughout this week, the general public will be able to meet researchers from Inserm to gain better knowledge of the brain and become better informed about recent research in this […]
On World Cancer Day, visit the press room to see the latest press releases and packs on cancer. For further information about cancer (the latest figures and major landmarks), take a look at the WHO site.
AIDS stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. This sexually transmitted infection is caused by a virus called HIV which attacks the immune system, making the body less resistant to normally benign diseases.WHO reports that more and more adolescents are affected by AIDS. “Over two million adolescents aged 10 to 19 live with HIV, and many of […]
Each year, pneumonia kills more than AIDS, malaria and measles combined (according to the UN, 1.2 million children under 5 die of pneumonia each year). Rapid noting of symptoms and quick treatment would avoid many infant deaths. For this World Day, the UN calls upon people to unite against pneumonia, the “leading child killer”. Pneumonia, […]