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White laboratory rat. © INRA, FLANZY Paul

Press release

22 Jul 2016

Omega 3 and managing stress - ever closer links

The work of a team of research scientists from INRA and INSERM reveals that endocannabinoid-mediated plasticity in the nucleus accumbens forms the neurobiological substrate for anxiety. It is the subject of an article published on 21 July in Cell Reports.

Robot at the MetaGenoPolis high-throughput cloning-phenotyping platform. © INRA, NICOLAS Bertrand

Press release

18 Jul 2016

Diabetes: when the microbiota causes insulin resistance

Do the bacteria in our gut influence insulin resistance and hence the onset of type 2 diabetes? Which bacteria are involved? How do they act? In the context of the MetaHIT1 consortium, an international team involving INRA scientists has for the first time demonstrated the impact of the microbiota on insulin resistance and revealed the principal bacterial species involved.  

Rabbit kidney epithelial cells expressing the normal prion protein of a given species (in green). Cell nuclei are labelled in blue. These cells are used to prepare protein extract competent for prion conversion and amplification by the method described in the present work. © VIM, Inra Jouy-en-Josas, Jérôme Chapuis

Press release

07 Jul 2016

Prion diseases: toward further reduction of animal experimentation

INRA scientists have developed an efficient method to amplify in vitro prions of different species.

Teenager in front of her computer with a glass of milk and bowl of cereals. © Fotolia, DURIS Guillaume

News

07 Jul 2016

For obese teens, intense exercise is better than moderate exercise

For obese adolescents, intense physical exercise is a promising solution for losing weight. It offers a means of slimming down without dieting!

Staphylococcus_aureus_bacteria_escape. © NAID/RML, Frank DeLeo

Press release

27 May 2016

Targeting metals to fight Staphylococcus aureus

Researchers from CEA, CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université and INRA, in France have discovered a unique system of acquisition of essential metals in the pathogenic bacterium Staphylococcus aureus.