Press releases
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Vesicular transport: a requirement for T immune response
16.05.2013 - Press release
Claire Hivroz, INSERM Research Director and her colleagues recently showed in an article published in Nature immunology how a specific protein known as VAMP7 is essential for transporting the signal produced by the ligand–TCR link. ...
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The surprising ability of blood stem cells to respond to emergencies
11.04.2013 - Press release
(Français) Une équipe de chercheurs de l’Inserm révéle aujourd’hui un rôle inattendu des cellules souches hématopoïétiques : outre leur capacité à assurer le renouvellement continu de nos cellules sanguines ces dernières sont aussi capables de produire, « à la demande » et ...
Cell biology, development and evolution Genetics, genomics and bioinformatics Immunology, hematology, pulmonology
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Is the mother’s immune system capable of protecting the foetus from cytomegalovirus infection?
05.04.2013 - Press release
An infection from the cytomegalovirus (CMV), a virus belong to the herpesviridae family, usually goes unnoticed in a healthy subject, but in pregnant women, it can be harmful to the foetus. ...
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Producing new neurones under all circumstances: a challenge that is just a mouse away ….
02.04.2013 - Press release
INSERM and CEA researchers recently showed that the pharmacological blocking of the TGFβ molecule improves the production of new neurones in the mouse model. ...
Immunology, hematology, pulmonology Neurosciences, cognitives sciences, neurology and psychiatry
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Characterisation of the immune cells capable of controlling HIV infection
22.03.2013 - Press release
How is it that certain patients infected by HIV have immune cells that are capable of controlling the infection? Victor Appay, INSERM Research Director (Mixed INSERM Research Unit 945 “ Immunity and Infection” / Université Pierre and Marie Curie / Hôpital ...
Immunology, hematology, pulmonology Microbiology and infectious diseases
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(Français) Une première étape franchie pour restaurer la vision de patients atteints de cécité suite à une maladie rare
31.01.2013 - Press release
(Français) L’équipe dirigée par Daniel Aberdam au sein de l’Unité Inserm 976 «Immunologie, dermatologie, oncologie » a réussi à restaurer in vitro la fonction des cellules de cornée saines à partir de cellules de patients aveugles souffrant de dysplasie ectodermique. Ces résultats ...
Circulation, metabolism, nutrition Immunology, hematology, pulmonology