News
2022.01.11
L. pneumophila is a bacterial pathogen that causes a severe pneumonia called Legionellosis, which is often fatal when not treated promptly. In France,...
Portrait
2023.02.10
Robert Louis Stevenson once said that the journey was more important than the destination. For Caroline Demangel, the journey traveled has enabled her to...
News
2023.01.09
Bacteria are single-celled organisms that are capable of interacting with their external environment, for example by secreting molecules outside their cell...
Document de presse
2022.10.19
Researchers from the Institut Pasteur, McMaster University and the University of Chicago have identified genes that protected some individuals against the...
Portrait
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...
Document de presse
2022.07.13
Bats are reservoir species for numerous viruses including coronaviruses. Given that they do not appear to be affected by diseases transmitted by these viruses...
Document de presse
2021.12.06
In 2019, the WHO positioned chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) third in the global ranking of causes of death. However, some mechanisms of this...
Document de presse
2021.04.06
In all adult vertebrates, neural stem cells can be recruited to produce new neurons in the brain. However, little is known about these so-called "activation"...
News
2021.03.09
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...
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...