Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale

Medical research

Friedreich's ataxia: An effective gene therapy in an animal model

The team led by Hélène Puccio, director of research for Inserm at the Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology in close collaboration with Patrick Aubourg's team has demonstrated, in the mice, the efficacy ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Treating depressive symptoms at their roots

A wide range of compounds is on the market to ameliorate depressive symptoms. However, their efficiency is achieved only after long periods of treatment and not in all patients. Inserm researchers identified early cellular ...

Medical research

The origin of heart dysfunctions in myotonic dystrophy identified

An international team, including researchers in France at Inserm, CNRS and the University of Strasbourg, brought together at IGBMC is lifting the veil on the molecular mechanisms causing heart dysfunctions in myotonic dystrophy, ...

Oncology & Cancer

Skin cancer: A team synthesizes new drugs with surprising powers

Finding new, more effective and personalised treatments for cancer is the challenge of many researchers. A challenge that has been successfully met by a team from Inserm led by Stéphane Rocchi (Inserm Unit 1065, "Mediterranean ...

Medical research

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 ...

Dentistry

Early exposure to bisphenol A might damage the enamel of teeth

Are teeth the latest victims of bisphenol A? Yes, according to the conclusions of work carried out by the research team led by Ariane Berdal of the Université Paris-Diderot and Sylvie Babajko, Research Director at Inserm ...

Cardiology

An invisible system to rescue the heart

Heart failure affects over one million people in France. Although the blood system is the first to have been explored for the purpose of improving heart function, a study by Inserm has revealed the potential of a secondary ...

Oncology & Cancer

Pediatric cancers: Why some forms of leukemia only affect children

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) mainly affects children, with often poor prognosis despite several decades of research into more effective treatments. A new study explains why some forms of leukemia develop in very young children ...

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