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2022.08.05
An immune receptor normally known for identifying viral RNA is also capable of binding to cellular RNA to induce immune defenses. This mechanism could trigger...
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2022.02.16
Some rare HIV-infected patients are able to keep the viral load low enough not to require treatment. A study by researchers at the Pasteur Institute and...
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2021.12.23
The Omicron variant was detected for the first time in South Africa in November 2021 and has since spread to many countries. It is expected to become the...
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2021.12.21
Parasites of the genus Leishmania show important genomic instability, which these pathogens use to adapt to their environment. A study by Institut Pasteur...
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2021.09.27
The clinical manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 infection vary from one individual to the next, and much remains unknown about the mechanisms underpinning this...
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2021.05.31
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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2021.03.30
Immunotherapy, or the notion of "retraining" patients' immune systems, constitutes a major step forward in the fight against cancer. Although the results of...
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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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2020.12.02
Before the vaccine era, diphtheria was the most deadly respiratory infection in young children. There are still outbreaks of diphtheria in some world regions...
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2020.11.26
Presbycusis, or age-related hearing loss, involves genetic and environmental factors. A genomic analysis can identify gene variants whose pathogenicity...