News
2022.12.27
On December 27, 1822, Louis Pasteur was born to Jean-Joseph Pasteur, a tanner, and his wife Jeanne-Étiennette Pasteur. Two hundred years on, we celebrate the...
News
2022.11.23
While the subject of unlimited praise, Louis Pasteur was also a target of harsh criticism, particularly during the past decades. He is said to have been unfair...
Événement
2022.11.24
Lieu: Ecole du Val-de-Grâce - Amphithéâtre Rouvillois
The French Defence Central Health Service ("Service de Santé des Armées" or SSA) pay a scientific and historical tribute to Alphonse Laveran, with a symposium...
Document de presse
2021.09.21
The teams from Henri-Mondor AP-HP hospital and Paris-Est Créteil University, Inserm, CNRS, University of Paris, within the Necker-Enfants Malades Institute,...
News
2021.09.30
On rare occasions in mainland France, a bite or scratch by a bat can transmit a virus capable of causing rabies, as was the case for a patient in 2019. Experts...
News
2021.05.20
Rabies is still responsible for approximately 60,000 deaths in humans each year. The bat-borne virus EBL1a, related to rabies, rarely affects humans, but a...
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2021.02.02
Cancer is the leading cause of mortality in France. In the last 40 years, survival rates have increased for several types of cancer, such as breast or prostate...
News
2021.01.25
The Covid-19 epidemic has had great impact on people’s lives across the world. The disease, physical distancing and lockdown measures have had multiple effects...
News
2020.12.08
The Georges, Jacques and Elias Canetti Prize is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. The winner of this 2020 edition is Mélanie Hamon, a scientist and...
News
2020.10.21
Thanks to the collection of cholera vibrio strains from the National Reference Centre for Vibrio and Cholera (hosted by the Enteric Bacterial Pathogens Unit at...