What if the Y chromosome hadn't evolved as expected?
Published on: April 24, 2022
This is one of the best-known facts about genetics: women are XX and men XY....
A l'UM la science [S01-ep14]: From the hearo robot to the MedXCell company
Published on: March 15, 2022
This week, Frédéric Venail, medical manager at CHU Gui de Chauliac, opens up the...
How the Omicron BA.2 variant pushed back the initial limits of Covid-19
Published on: March 14, 2022
The Covid epidemic may have faded from the headlines, but it's not over yet...
Debate: The "Grande Sécu", myth or reality?
Published on: March 01, 2022
Last November, French Health Minister Olivier Véran commissioned the Haut Conseil pour...
[LUM#15] Revisiting intensification models in Africa
Published on: February 21, 2022
Producing more to feed a growing population: that's the challenge facing...
[LUM#15] One Health
Published on: February 08, 2022
For the past fifteen years, the One Health approach has been gaining ground in...
A l'UM la science [S01-ep10]: From circulating tumor cells to robots inspired by climbing plants
Published on: February 07, 2022
This week, Catherine Alix Panabières, head of the Rare Circulating Cells laboratory...
[LUM#15] Towards a food democracy
Published on: January 31, 2022
Restoring confidence in local food to limit the ravages of junk food. These are the...
[LUM#15] Water, the urban challenge
Published on: January 12, 2022
Good quality water in sufficient quantity is not a matter of course. In fact, it's...
In Africa, more sequencing is needed to better monitor variants
Published on: January 05, 2022
The rapid spread of the Omicron variant, first identified in South Africa and...
"Chemsex": behind the scenes of the dangerous alliance between sex and amphetamines
Published on: January 03, 2022
The phenomenon appeared in the United States and some major European cities at the beginning of...
How synthetic amphetamines made their mark
Published on: January 03, 2022
In an interview published on April 18, 2021, French President Emmanuel Macron...
Omicron, Delta, Alpha... Understanding the ball of variants
Published on: December 13, 2021
Discovered on November 25 and declared "of concern" by the WHO the following day, the...
[LUM#15] "We need to rethink our food systems as a whole".
Published on: December 01, 2021
In Africa, climate change, political instability and population growth...
"If the epidemic continues at this rate, stronger measures will be needed to avoid hospital tensions."
Published on: November 29, 2021
While the Omicron variant and its multiple mutations are the focus of much attention,...
A l'UM la science [S01-ep04]: From cancer ecology to zoology collection
Published on: November 19, 2021
This week, Mivegec doctoral student Justine Boutry talks about the influence of cancer on...