TNTs
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2025.02.25
"I've believed in tunneling nanotubes since the beginning!" says Chiara Zurzolo, Head of the Membrane Traffic and Pathogenesis Unit at the Institut Pasteur....
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2023.06.12
Neurodegenerative diseases are one of society's main socio-economic burdens. More than 179 million people in Europe are affected by at least one form of...
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2022.09.22
It's hard to miss this pair on the Institut Pasteur campus in Paris. Obviously they're twins, but there's more to them than that. Even a brief encounter with...
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2021.07.21
Over the last few decades, neurodegenerative diseases became one of the top 10 global causes of death. Researchers worldwide are making a strong effort to...
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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...
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2020.11.12
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that mainly affects memory, but also other cognitive functions linked to knowledge and...
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2019.11.07
We now know that neurodegenerative diseases are caused by the aggregation of "misfolded" proteins in the brain. These proteins, which are toxic for neurons,...
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2019.07.11
The Institut Pasteur is at the forefront of computational biology research. Scientists in the Evolutionary Bioinformatics Unit (part of Institut Pasteur and...
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2019.01.30
Cells in our bodies have the ability to speak with one another much like humans do. This communication allows organs in our bodies to work synchronously, which...
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2016.08.22
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur have demonstrated the role of lysosomal vesicles in transporting α-synuclein aggregates, responsible for Parkinson's and...