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2021.11.26
The Talent Awards 2021 were granted Thursday, November 25th, 2021, during the Scientific Day of the 53rd Directors’ Meeting of the Pasteur Network. The winners...
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2021.10.19
Some strains of the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes are capable of producing an antibiotic molecule that enables them to kill other bacteria with which they...
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2021.10.18
For the opening of the Pasteurdon 2021, scientists from the Institut Pasteur took part in a digital programme looking at some of the major current issues in...
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2021.10.11
Our microbiota provide an additional means of fighting off infections but can be adversely affected by antibiotic therapy. A study modeling microbial...
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2021.09.10
Known to kill bacteria, can antibiotics also interfere with our immune system? Researchers at the Pasteur Institute have discovered that a new molecule, used...
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2021.09.08
Salmonellosis caused by the Salmonella bacterium is the most common example of foodborne infections, which remain a global public health problem, with over 600...
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2021.06.04
Diphtheria is a severe infection caused in humans by toxigenic strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae bacteria. If left untreated, it leads to death in 5 to 25...
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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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2021.02.15
Bordetella pertussis is the agent responsible for whooping cough, a disease that is currently on the rise. In particular, the bacterium produces the CyaA toxin...
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2021.02.08
Membrane vesicles (also known as extracellular vesicles) are produced by all kinds of organisms. They are small lipid bags that come off a donor cell and get...