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For Justine Bertrand-Michel, who directs the MetaToul platform for metabolites analysis, helping researchers is a noble activity. A conviction she has put into practice for over twenty years and for which she has been awarded the Research Support Prize. Supporting research whatever the cost « I had always wanted to work in health biology, explains Justine Bertrand-Michel […]

COVID-19 vaccines contain 5G, vitamin C is effective against COVID, the variants are necessarily more dangerous... During the health crisis, Canal Détox strove to decode misinformation and unfortunate scientific oversimplifications. A valuable initiative implemented by Priscille Rivière and the communication teams at Inserm, which has earned her the Science and Society-Opecst Prize. Stop fake news! Following a […]

Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a serious inflammatory disease that affects and gradually destroys the liver. It is a more advanced form of another condition known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which is characterized by a build-up of fats in the same organ. By deciphering the mechanisms associated with the transition from NAFLD to NASH, […]

As key inflammation regulators, neutrophils are up there with all the other immune cells. An essential role that Véronique Witko-Sarsat has been helping to define for the past thirty years. Her research, which has not always been straightforward, has recently been awarded the International Association of Inflammation Societies’ Woman in Science prize. After receiving the […]

Toys, computer parts, prostheses, pencil holders… 3D printers bring life to imaginary and everyday concepts. And now also to human organs! Using processes that may have filled Dr. Frankenstein with enthusiasm, tissue engineering makes it possible to accurately print and recreate living biological tissues in three dimensions, with the aim of growing customized grafts. While technology […]

Following her initial training in materials science, Claire Valotteau quickly turned her focus to biology: she has just obtained Atip-Avenir funding in order to study the mechanics of circulating tumor cells. This involves the researcher using extremely powerful analysis tools and developing new ones. How do embryonic cells move and reorganize themselves to form organs? What […]

In the October 2023 issue, discover our special feature Ageing: What if we could reverse it?

In addition to being a microbiology and genetics specialist, what sets Aude Bernheim apart is her strong commitment to effecting change. When she is not tracking the similarities between bacterial and human immunity, the young researcher is working to erase the differences between the treatment of men and women in science. Researcher, activist, author. At […]

At the Center of Immunology Marseille-Luminy, Réjane Rua and her co-workers are furthering knowledge of the mechanisms that protect our brain. They are studying the properties and functions of newly discovered sentinel cells in our meninges. Just 5 years ago, a discovery was made that has profoundly modified our understanding of brain protection: the meninges, the […]

In Nantes, Jean-Baptiste Dupont is developing in vitro models of human muscles using cells from patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The researcher has two goals: improve the study of this hereditary muscle disease and test gene therapies in development – both thanks to organoids that will enable more reliable observations than those obtained using the […]