immunity
News
2017.05.09
Researchers at the Institut Pasteur (Paris) and Inserm* have successfully filmed the infection of human cells by the Zika virus, using video microscopy....
News
2017.03.14
The innate immune response provides an important natural defense system that protects the organism against various types of infectious threats. Innate lymphoid...
News
2015.12.14
More than a million cells die every minute in an adult human body. But what actually happens to these cells? How does cell death influence all our living...
News
2016.09.22
Since the first cases of infection were identified in Brazil, in May 2015, the Zika virus has spread to over 46 countries in America. Several hypothesis are...
News
2016.02.01
During analysis of Legionella pneumophila genome sequence, the team from the Biology of Intracellular Bacteria Unit (Institut Pasteur/CNRS), headed by Carmen...
News
2016.07.13
Pathogenic bacteria produce a number of molecules that can be recognized by the innate immune system. These molecules associated with pathogens trigger an...
News
2016.10.10
By investigating the genome sequence of an international collection of strains of Listeria monocytogenes bacteria, two Institut Pasteur scientists, Sylvain...
News
2016.10.18
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with the Institut Gustave-Roussy, have identified two bacterial species naturally present in the body,...
Document de presse
2016.10.21
The immune system can be highly active in some people but much less effective in others. This has major implications for the protection of the organism against...