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2023.07.06
In January 2018, Institut Pasteur adopted a new strategic plan for 2019-2023, to boost basic research and increase its impact on human health, with...
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2023.06.30
Since the 2010s, researchers have been studying the molecular mechanisms underlying deafness of which certain types of so-called sensorineural deafness and...
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2023.06.19
Hearing is the most frequently affected of the five major senses. The vast majority of auditory deficits affect the cochlea, the sensory organ of hearing,...
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2022.07.08
Institut Pasteur Senior Executive Scientific Vice-President Christophe d'Enfert provides a brief, cross-disciplinary overview of 2021 covering capacity...
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2021.03.01
What we generally refer to as the ear is only the visible part. In reality the ear is made up of three parts: the outer, middle and inner ear.
The outer ear...
Report
2021.02.24
In recent years, progress in research on hearing mechanisms and the factors responsible for hearing disorders has raised hopes for future preventive and...
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2020.11.27
Presbycusis, or age-related hearing loss, involves genetic and environmental factors. A genomic analysis can identify gene variants whose pathogenicity...
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2020.11.06
On November 2, 2020, Senlis Criminal Court convicted the author of a misleading video claiming that the Institut Pasteur invented COVID-19, posted online on...
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2020.04.24
Professor Philippe Sansonetti explains that a lockdown was needed because social distancing measures were not enough on their own. He goes on to outline the...
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2020.03.06
The World Health Organization estimates that more than 5% of the world's population – some 466 million people – are affected by disabling hearing loss.
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