News
2017.03.14
The innate immune response provides an important natural defense system that protects the organism against various types of infectious threats. Innate lymphoid...
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2017.03.08
For the first time, a three-dimensional metagenomics experiment has been carried out on a mouse intestinal microbiota sample. This method quantifies and...
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2017.03.02
Zika virus infection is usually asymptomatic or mild. However, it can sometimes lead to an autoimmune disease called Guillain-Barré syndrome. In rare patients...
Report
2017.03.01
From completely artificial hearts to bionic eyes, recent progress in science has ushered in a new era for medicine. But how does the brain fit into this? The...
News
2017.02.14
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, Inserm and INRA have recently discovered in the pathogenic bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, responsible for listoriosis...
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2017.02.08
The Institut Pasteur in Paris recently acquired a new 800 MHz NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) instrument for biological research. This extremely powerful...
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2017.02.03
Given the immense complexity of brain organization, neurobiologist Jean-Pierre Changeux has come up with a new research strategy that encourages a more...
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2017.02.02
On the African continent, diarrheal diseases are very frequent but their etiology is often unknown which does not allow an optimal care of the patients....
News
2017.02.01
As a leading biomedical research center in many fields of health, the Institut Pasteur also has an education center which contributes to the dissemination of...
News
2017.01.30
Pathogenic bacteria known as AIEC, which bind to the intestinal mucosa, are frequently found in Crohn's disease patients. Scientists at the Institut Pasteur,...