Portrait
2026.03.30
A childhood shaped by science and empathy
Guillemette Masse-Ranson was born in northern France before moving to Greater Paris when she was five. She was...
News
2026.03.25
Try this mental exercise for a moment: imagine what our world looked like 1.2 billion years ago. At that time, all land masses formed a single continent, the...
News
2026.02.12
Infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) causes more than a million deaths each year, largely because of complications like cirrhosis and liver cancer. There...
News
2026.01.08
Alzheimer's disease affects nearly 1.4 million people in France and remains one of the most feared diseases of old age. Among its first signs: disruption of...
News
2025.12.18
Every winter, viruses affect millions of people in France, placing huge pressure on healthcare facilities. Given the diverse nature of these viruses and...
News
2025.09.22
Human African trypanosomiasis, commonly known as sleeping sickness, is characterized by symptoms ranging from severe fatigue and skin signs to sleep...
Vidéo
2025.09.15
What if the plague had never disappeared?
Antoine Brault, a researcher at the Institut Pasteur, explains how his team is tracking rats and fleas in Madagascar...
News
2025.09.12
Although it has been eradicated in Europe, plague still circulates in several regions of the world. Hundreds of cases are reported every year in Madagascar,...
News
2025.08.27
First gene therapy trial in France to treat childhood deafness
The Audiogene trial aims to correct the deficiency in a gene responsible for congenital...
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...