2024-04-15 14:33:02
Since 2019, researchers from Grenoble have been carrying out research on the inhabitants of La Rinconada, perched at an altitude of 5,300 meters in Peru.
In Grenoble (Isère)
In his laboratory located on the 3rd floor of the southern hospital in Grenoble, Samuel Vergès has been studying hypoxia for a little over fifteen years. At the foot of the mountains, he leads the forty researchers from the hypoxia and physiopathologies laboratory (HP2), attached to Inserm and the University of Grenoble Alpes, who seek to understand the effects on health of this phenomenon which confronts the body. to a lack of oxygen. « We can be in a situation of hypoxia when we find ourselves at high altitude, but also in the context of certain pathologies, such as sleep apnea or respiratory diseases »specifies the research director at Inserm.
As part of the various research programs carried out by the laboratory, patients suffering from pathologies and healthy subjects regularly take turns to participate in experiments, during which they are subjected to a lack of oxygen, at rest or during exercise. Research from the HP2 laboratory explores…
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