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Cailleteaux. © INRA, C. Leterrier

News

19 Dec 2018

Quail without gut microbiota is less emotional

Absence of Gut Microbiota Reduces Emotional Reactivity in Japanese Quails.

Signature of the Food4BrainHealth international scientific network. © Inra, Christophe Maître

Press release

18 Dec 2018

Brain nutrition front and center at the Food4BrainHealth international scientific network

After several years of close collaboration between Canadian and French research teams, thirteen institutional partners from Canada and France, including Université Laval and France’s National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), today founded the International Research Network Food4BrainHealth. The new network is dedicated to nutrition and brain health, from predictive biology to disease prevention and treatment. 

Infant eating cheese

Press release

17 Dec 2018

A diet rich in cheese in early childhood may protect against allergies

A study conducted by the University Hospital of Besançon and INRA shows the protective effect of high cheese consumption from a very young age. For the first time, a link has been established between cheese consumption and the probability of developing food or skin allergic diseases, regardless of the consumption of various other foods (vegetables or fruits, cereals, bread, meat, cake and yogurt) and living conditions in a farm environment (presence and diversity of farm animals).

The Ika4 protein shown here is the result of the spontaneous assembly of two smaller, identical proteins designed to assemble.

News

14 Dec 2018

A new protein designed by an Artificial Intelligence

The objective of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is to enable a computer to (better) solve human problems. In Toulouse, an AI using "automated reasoning" algorithms has been able to design an artificial hyper-stable self-assembling protein. This is the result of work involving the MIAT unit, in an informal international collaboration with Belgium and Japan.

maize cob. © INRA, WEBER Jean

Press release

12 Dec 2018

MON 810 and NK603 GM Maize: No Effects Detected on Rat Health or Metabolism

A diet based on MON 810 or NK603 transgenic maize does not affect the health or metabolism of rats, under the conditions of the GMO 90+1 project. This unprecedented study performed by a research consortium led by INRA brought together a number of partners, including Inserm. The research was performed as part of the Risk’OGM program funded by the French Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive Transition.