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2021.02.15
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, words that just a year ago would have been the preserve of scientists have entered everyday language. One example...
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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...
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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...
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2020.10.11
For the 2020 Pasteurdon (the Institut Pasteur’s public fundraising campaign), listen to a podcast in French. Mathieu Vidard, presenter of "La Terre au carré"...
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2020.06.02
Klebsiella bacteria are responsible for some of the most antibiotic-resistant infections. A major study on intestinal colonization by Klebsiella has shed light...
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2019.12.17
Natural killer (NK) cells, are a unique type of immune cell, known to have important roles in protection against tumor cells and viruses. NK cells display...
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2018.08.06
Bacteria can be found everywhere on Earth – our bodies for instance are made up of as many bacteria as human cells – and yet these microorganisms, measuring...
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2019.08.28
The year 2018 has been exceptional in several ways. It was marked by the celebration of the 130th anniversary of the Institut Pasteur and the arrival of a new...
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2019.07.12
Research efforts in recent years have highlighted that sex - being a woman or a man - can have a strong influence on how humans and animals respond to many...
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2019.06.13
An observational study conducted in a French hospital showed that human contact was responsible for 90 percent of the spread of one species of antibiotic-...