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2023.09.04
The brain is a complex organ with a surprising ability to adapt. The plasticity of synapses in particular allows neuron assemblies to modulate their functions...
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2022.03.22
The Institut Pasteur, a foundation with recognized charitable status, is an internationally renowned biomedical research center recognized for its expertise...
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2022.02.01
Since the start of the pandemic, the ability to study the biology of the virus in cells and detect its presence in infected organs or patients has been...
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2021.12.21
Darwinian evolution plays a central yet poorly understood role in human disease. Iterations between genetic mutation and environmental selection drive cancer...
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2021.10.18
Cells in our bodies communicate among themselves through chemical molecules that they release and perceive in their environment. However, our organs are not...
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2021.11.12
Virtual reality has multiple applications in the field of health, for example offering new approaches to medical image visualization. A software application...
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2023.01.16
Very little is known about what happens when an individual’s genetic makeup doesn’t match their physical sex. This is manifested as a spectrum of conditions...
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2023.02.06
Our intestine contains hundreds of billions of bacteria: this is the gut microbiota. Ilya Mechnikov had proposed that an imbalance between the different...
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2023.04.11
Question science - medicine, from La lettre de l’Institut Pasteur (#120 issue) to be published in May 2023
Our immune system can naturally recognize and...
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2022.09.01
Brain tumors are among the most complex forms of cancer to treat. Glial cells, which support the activity of neurons in the brain, can give rise to a...