Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale
The surprising ability of blood stem cells to respond to emergencies
A research team of Inserm, CNRS and MDC lead by Michael Sieweke of the Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille Luminy (CNRS, INSERM, Aix Marseille Université) and Max Delbrück Centre for Molecular Medicine, Berlin-Buch, ...
Immunology
Apr 10, 2013 |
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Why good resolutions about taking up a physical activity can be hard to keep
Physical inactivity is a major public health problem that has both social and neurobiological causes. According to the results of an Ipsos survey published on Monday 31 Dec., the French have put "taking up ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 04, 2013 |
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History of stroke and coronary heart disease—a fatal combination
(Medical Xpress)—Heart and cerebro-vascular disorders represent the two leading causes of death throughout the world. They are sometimes combined in a single patient and their combination represents both ...
Cardiology
Feb 19, 2013 |
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Harmful effects of bisphenol A proved experimentally
Weak concentrations of bisphenol A are sufficient to produce a negative reaction on the human testicle. This has just been shown experimentally for the first time by René Habert and his colleagues (UMR Cellules ...
Health
Jan 22, 2013 |
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New developments reveal a molecule with a promising function in terms of cancer treatment.
Researchers from Inserm and CNRS from the Institute for genetics and molecular and cellular biology (IGBMC) and from the Research Institute at the Strasbourg school of biotechnology (Irebs) have focussed their efforts on ...
Cancer
Oct 30, 2012 |
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Producing new neurones under all circumstances: A challenge that is just a mouse away
Improving neurone production in elderly persons presenting with a decline in cognition is a major challenge facing an ageing society and the emergence of neuro-degenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's disease. INSERM and ...
Medical research
Apr 09, 2013 |
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TIM and TAM: 2 paths used by the Dengue virus to penetrate cells
By demonstrating that it is possible to inhibit the viral infection in vitro by blocking the bonding between the virus and these receptors, the researchers have opened the way to a new antiviral strategy. These works were ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 23, 2012 |
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Infertility: How can the ovulation function be restored?
One of the most frequent is the existence of tumours that induce an over-secretion of this hormone. These women present with chronic infertility due to anovulation. Thanks to the work of the Inserm researchers from unit 693 ...
Medical research
Oct 17, 2012 |
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Auto-immune disease: The viral route is confirmed
Why would our immune system turn against our own cells? This is the question that the combined Inserm/CNRS/ Pierre and Marie Curie University/Association Institut de Myologie have strived to answer in their "Therapies for ...
Neuroscience
Dec 19, 2012 |
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Estrogen and cardiovascular risk in menopausal women
Women are less prone to cardiovascular disease then men; but this difference between the sexes becomes less marked after the menopause. This observation is behind a great deal of received wisdom, where oestrogen is assumed ...
Cardiology
Jun 11, 2012 |
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Improving chemotherapy effectiveness by acting on the immune system
An Inserm team in Dijon directed by François Ghiringhelli is to publish an article this week in the Nature Medicine review. The article suggests that two chemotherapy drugs frequently used to treat digestive and breast cancers ...
Immunology
Dec 04, 2012 |
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The radical restructuring of brain networks in comatose patients
Researchers from Inserm, CNRS and the Université Joseph Fourier in Grenoble, in collaboration with Cambridge university, Strasbourg university and clinical practitioners from the Strasbourg University Hospital Centre, have ...
Neuroscience
Dec 04, 2012 |
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Predicting the age at menopause of women having suffered from childhood cancers
This study provided important data about the fertility window of women who had suffered from childhood cancer and information concerning the associated risk factors, but did not confirm the greater risk of premature menopause ...
Cancer
Dec 04, 2012 |
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Liver disease: Understanding it will enable the provision of better treatment
In this prospective study, led by Dr Richard Moreau, INSERM Research Director (Mixed Research Unit 773 "Centre de Recherche biomédicale Bichat-Beaujon"; INSERM/Université Paris Diderot) who is also a practitioner attached ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 18, 2013 |
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The skin aging regulator
Despite progress in regenerative medicine, with age, the skin loses its properties in an irreversible manner. The ATIP-Avenir team "Epidermal homeostasis and tumorigenesis" directed by Chloé Féral, an Inserm ...
Medical research
Jan 22, 2013 |
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