Evolution
Document de presse
2025.05.29
Leprosy existed in America long before the arrival of Europeans: a new study reveals the history of a neglected pathogen.
Long considered a disease brought to...
Document de presse
2025.05.29
Scientists at the Institut Pasteur and McMaster University have discovered that the evolution of a gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia...
News
2025.05.21
Bacteria first emerged on Earth 3.5 to 4 billion years ago, quickly developing adaptation mechanisms allowing them to survive in the changing and sometimes...
News
2025.03.05
Transfers of DNA molecules from one species to another occur relatively frequently on an evolutionary scale, but DNA transfer can also occur in other...
Vidéo
2024.11.05
The Institut Pasteur uses artificial intelligence to transform the observation of cells infected with SARS-CoV-2. Using holotomography microscopy, we obtain...
News
2024.07.11
Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease transmitted by animals (a zoonosis). It is present worldwide, especially in tropical regions. The recent re-emergence of...
Report
2024.06.27
Adaptation is a universal phenomenon. It occurs whenever anything exceeds its natural limit – examples include microbial resistance, scientific innovation and...
News
2024.05.30
In May 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) released its updated list of the main antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales...
News
2022.08.05
RNA viruses, which include influenza viruses, SARS-CoV-2 (which causes COVID-19) and HIV, are one of the major threats that the immune system has to deal...
News
2024.05.22
There is an urgent need to include monitoring of microbial ecosystems in the environmental narrative
Philippe...