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2017.03.02
Zika virus infection is usually asymptomatic or mild. However, it can sometimes lead to an autoimmune disease called Guillain-Barré syndrome. In rare patients...
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2017.02.14
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, Inserm and INRA have recently discovered in the pathogenic bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, responsible for listoriosis...
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2017.02.02
On the African continent, diarrheal diseases are very frequent but their etiology is often unknown which does not allow an optimal care of the patients....
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2017.01.30
Pathogenic bacteria known as AIEC, which bind to the intestinal mucosa, are frequently found in Crohn's disease patients. Scientists at the Institut Pasteur,...
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2017.01.26
The Ebola epidemic that struck West Africa from 2013-2016 served as a reminder that the world is still very much at risk from exposure to infection. The...
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2017.01.12
In December 2015 a yellow fever epidemic broke out in Angola, subsequently giving rise to 7,300 suspected cases and nearly 400 deaths. A group of scientists...
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2015.07.21
At the 8th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, Dr Asier Saez-Cirion (HIV, Inflammation and Persistence...
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2015.07.23
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur and the CNRS have made a major breakthrough in understanding the molecular structure and workings of an important part of...
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2015.08.11
Researchers from the Institut Pasteur, Inserm, INRA and the University of Freiburg have uncovered the key role played by the protein ISG15 in the fight against...
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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...