Nicole GUISO, Prévention et Thérapie Moléculaires des Maladies Humaines, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Erik L. HEWLETT, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, United States
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Institut Pasteur is a non-profit private foundation which contributes to the prevention and treatment of disease, primarily infectious diseases, through research, education, and public health activities.
The Institut Pasteur foundation has set itself the following objectives:
- The study of infectious, parasitic and immune-system diseases, together with the means of preventing and fighting such diseases;
- The pursuit and development of research into micro-organisms, their role in natural, normal or pathological processes, and the reactions that they induce;
-The study and teaching of all aspects of microbiology, together with the training of scientific and technical personnel, with a view to promoting research in fundamental and applied microbiology;
- The study of all theoretical or practical phenomena related to microbiology, immunology or, generally, fundamental or applied biology, and research in these fields.