Evolution
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2025.10.15
In 1965, Jacques Monod, Jeffries Wyman and Jean-Pierre Changeux published an article(1) that would transform molecular biology. It described their discovery...
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2025.10.03
According to Santé publique France, suspected cases of COVID increased by 37% in adults during the week of September 15-21, 2025 in mainland France, down...
Vidéo
2025.09.23
What if the history of leprosy had to be rewritten?
Nicolás Rascovan, a researcher at the Institut Pasteur, reveals a discovery that challenges everything we...
News
2025.07.22
On June 12-13, 2025, the Institut Pasteur hosted the first international conference on the risks and challenges associated with the creation of what are...
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2025.07.10
Update on chikungunya in mainland France in summer 2025
Several locally acquired cases of chikungunya have been detected in mainland France since the...
Vidéo
2025.06.25
The immune system doesn't just defend us: it regulates our metabolism, influences our behavior, helps repair tissue... and even plays a role during pregnancy....
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...
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2025.07.07
Simonetta Gribaldo and her Human-Archaea project
Simonetta Gribaldo, a specialist in the evolution and diversity of microorganisms at the Institut Pasteur,...