France: Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière

Support for the creation of the Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière

Today more than 1 in 8 people suffer from a brain or spinal cord illness (paraplegia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, etc.), which poses a serious public health problem. At the Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière in Paris, the Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière has assembled laboratories and a treatment center on the same site. With this new organization, patients will benefit from the latest research.

Together against disease

Set to open in 2010, the Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière has an innovative design that will bring together both research laboratories and a patient treatment center on a single site.

Thanks to this arrangement, patients will benefit immediately from the latest discoveries.

New equipment in the fight for public health

For the first time, research in the fields of neurobiology, neurophysiology, and cognitive and therapeutic science is occurring in a single place. The Institute has a new building with 19,000 m² of laboratories and technical services.

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