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2023.11.16
Antibiotics are drugs used to fight infections caused by bacteria. They have saved and continue to save millions of lives every year, but their effectiveness...
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2023.07.24
In 1885, Louis Pasteur successfully performed the first rabies vaccination on Joseph Meister, a 9-year-old shepherd from Alsace. A century and a half later,...
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2023.07.19
Definitions for the technical terms in bold can be found in a glossary at the end of the article.
In 1936, the apartment where Louis and Marie Pasteur...
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2023.07.26
Natural killer (NK) cells are white blood cells that are capable of detecting and destroying tumor cells or cells infected with viruses. Their importance in...
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2023.07.10
A recent study has revealed a high degree of convergence between the genomes of enteric eukaryotic viruses in humans and great apes in a Cameroonian forest....
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2023.07.04
The extension of the scope of this licensing agreement will enable Meletios Therapeutics to apply this highly specific method for generating new DVGs to the...
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2023.06.12
The adult human body is composed of 100,000 billion cells. It also interacts closely with a roughly equal number of microbes – bacteria, viruses or fungi....
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2023.06.16
In 2022, the Institut Pasteur’s international focus was on initiating and strengthening partnerships and scientific collaborations, especially with...
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2023.06.06
The tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, is known to serve as the vector for several viruses that are pathogenic for humans. In mainland France, it was...
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2023.06.05
To mark the anniversary of the discovery of HIV in 1983, the Institut Pasteur has decided to retrace the 40 years since this major scientific breakthrough (...