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2026.07.01
This article is part of a series presenting the research projects of the scientists selected in 2025 by the Institut Pasteur to launch their 5-year research...
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2026.06.29
#1-What is defined as ultra-processed food?
We should start by making the important distinction that not all industrially produced foods are ultra-processed...
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2026.05.26
#1- How many species of ticks are there in the world, and how many in France?
Ticks are arachnids (like spiders or scorpions) belonging to the subclass Acari...
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2026.04.24
Live attenuated vaccines
Principle: a weakened or very similar version of the virus or bacteria is used. This weakened microbe is no longer capable of...
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2026.05.05
In the twenty years since the tiger mosquito was first reported in mainland France in 2004, it has conquered four-fifths of the country. How has it been able...
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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...
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2026.03.12
Since its emergence, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has not stopped evolving. Each new variant accumulates mutations in its spike protein, the 'key' enabling it to...
Vidéo
2026.03.09
What is the current state of research into female cancers? That's the question we were asked on the street.
Aurélie Chiche, a researcher at the Institut...
Vidéo
2026.03.05
She creates neurons in the laboratory to understand Alzheimer's disease.
Veranika Panasenkava, a postdoctoral researcher at the Institut Pasteur, creates brain...
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2026.02.26
Salmonella enterica serovar Panama, one of the most common causative agents of non-typhoidal Salmonella disease in France's overseas territories, is...