Bacteriophages: a targeted alternative to antibiotics
With the rise of antibiotics in the 1930s, phage therapy (i.e. the use of viruses called bacteriophages to fight bacterial infections) was abandoned. Today, with the rise of antibiotic resistance making the treatment of bacterial infections increasingly difficult, phage therapy is once again attracting the interest of doctors and researchers, despite the complexity of its application due to the great diversity and specificity of bacteriophages.
In the world’s highest city, scientists measure the effects of oxygen deprivation on the body
The higher we climb, the lower the oxygen supply to our bodies. Since 2019, a research team from Inserm, Grenoble Alpes University and Grenoble Alpes University Hospital has been investigating the health consequences of oxygen restriction.
H.E.S.S. collaboration detects the most energetic cosmic-ray electrons and positrons ever observed
Scientists from the CNRS, a consortium of German universities, and the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik working at the H.E.S.S. observatory have recently identified electrons and positrons with the highest energies ever recorded on Earth. They provide evidence of cosmic processes emitting colossal amounts of energy, the origins of which are as yet unknown. These findings are due to be published on 18 November in the journal Physical Review Letters .
Maritime pine seeds remember temperature conditions
The seeds of maritime pines remember the temperatures they experienced during early development. This memory persists in young trees for at least two years after germination.
Towards a better understanding of pregnancy-related hematological cancers
Unsplash Teams from the departments of clinical and biological hematology, obstetrics and gynecology, pharmacovigilance, medical intensive care, infectiology, as well as the clinical research unit
Vitamin supplementation could improve some symptoms of severe myopathy
Myotubular myopathy is a rare genetic disease caused by mutations in the MTM1 gene. A study carried out in animals by researchers from Inserm, CNRS and the University of Strasbourg at the IGBMC, in collaboration with American teams, has shed light on the underlying mechanisms of this disease. Published in the journal Science , these studies suggest that vitamin K supplementation could improve certain symptoms of the disease, opening up new therapeutic prospects.
How 70% of the Mediterranean Sea was lost 5.5 million years ago
A new study, led by a CNRS researcher 1 , has highlighted just how significantly the level of the Mediterranean Sea dropped during the Messinian Salinity Crisis - a major geological event that transfo
Astrochemistry, inside cosmic kitchens
Astrochemistry, a relatively new field, focuses on exploring chemistry in interstellar spaces to uncover insights about the origins of life on Earth.
When science enters the Chauvet Cave
Thirty years after its discovery, an exhibition at the Cité des sciences et de l'industrie in Paris is featuring the "scientific adventure" behind the Chauvet Cave.
Monitoring biodiversity: an embedded camera that captures even the most elusive organisms
Observe almost any animal or plant, in any weather, day or night.
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