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2023.01.30
Hepatitis is a liver inflammation caused by toxic substances or viruses. There are currently five hepatitis viruses, including hepatitis B virus (HBV), which...
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2022.03.22
World Water Day is held on March 22, 2022. The theme for this year’s edition is: "Groundwater – making the invisible visible". On this occasion, learn more...
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2021.06.03
May 18th, 2021 marks the renewal of the agreement between the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD-France) and the Institut...
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2020.12.03
Understanding the replication mechanisms of HIV in the body is vital for the development of more targeted treatments. Research into macrophages is particularly...
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2020.10.13
Hepatitis B is a viral infection that can be fatal. Most chronic forms are caused by mother-to-child transmission. To avoid this transmission, the World Health...
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2020.07.06
Infections in humans caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) represent a major public health problem. Despite the availability of effective protective vaccines,...
Report
2020.01.22
The Collège de France recently set up a new permanent chair entitled "Human Genomics and Evolution". It is currently held by Lluis Quintana-Murci, a population...
Report
2019.11.25
Disease outbreaks are unpredictable and often deadly. Wherever they occur on the planet, we are all potentially at risk: in our era of globalized air travel, a...
Portrait
2018.12.04
It was 35 years ago that the HIV-1 virus, responsible for AIDS, was first isolated by scientists at the Institut Pasteur. While many lives have been saved by...
News
2019.08.28
The year 2018 has been exceptional in several ways. It was marked by the celebration of the 130th anniversary of the Institut Pasteur and the arrival of a new...