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News | 2023.09.19
HIV-AIDS : inspiring patients
With early and rigorous treatment, some so-called "controller" patients are able to keep their viral load low enough to not suffer from AIDS. These are inspiring cases for research, not to mention the very rare patients who have already been completely cured of HIV.
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Fiche maladie | 2024.03.12
Mpox (formerly monkeypox)
Mpox is a virus that was initially present in animals, especially rodents in Africa, and now circulates among humans – it is referred to as an emerging zoonotic disease. The disease caused by this virus is also known as mpox (formerly monkeypox), and presents as a mild form of smallpox, with less severe symptoms and a lower case-fatality rate (the number of deaths as a proportion of the number of...
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Article | 2017.05.11
My PhD at the Institut Pasteur
The Institut Pasteur welcomes PhD students in close partnership with Masters’ programs and Doctoral schools from the Grand Métropole Paris area (Université Paris Cité, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres) and renowned international universities. The Institut Pasteur is committed to high standards of academic, scientific and innovation training, as...
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Article | 2023.02.23
One Health-Emerging Infectious Diseases Graduate School (1H-EID)
The new Graduate School "One Health in Emerging Infectious Diseases" (1H-EID) is entirely dedicated to EIDs with a multidisciplinary approach. This Graduate School offers a high-level educational program based on research, to train future researchers, health professionals and decision-makers.The aim of 1H-EID will be to form a community of frontline actors, researchers and decision-makers,all...
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Article | 2017.01.03
Pasteur-Paris University International doctoral program (PPU)
The Institut Pasteur organizes a doctoral program in collaboration with Université Paris Cité, Sorbonne Université, and Université Paris Saclay, for students holding a master degree or the equivalent in science, medicine and related fields.
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Document de presse | 2016.05.12
Meningococcal disease: identification of a sexually transmitted variant
A study from the University of Würzburg (Germany) and the Institut Pasteur (France) elucidates the mechanisms of the emergence of an outbreak of meningococcal disease in men who have sex with men (MSM). These results are published in the open access journal PLOS ONE. Neisseria meningitidis during adhesion and invasion of epithelial cells. © Institut PasteurMeningococcal disease...
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Document de presse | 2014.11.26
Ebola: a new Institut Pasteur is soon to be created in Guinea
Pr Christian Bréchot, President of the Institut Pasteur, will be in Guinea Friday 28th November 2014, alongside François Hollande, President of the French Republic. Two agreements will be signed, one with the government of Guinea and the other one with the French Agency for Development (AFD), allowing for the creation of a new Pasteur Institute in Conakry in late 2016. On Saturday 29th, Pr....
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Document de presse | 2014.03.06
Using pathogenic fungi to develop anti-inflammatory treatments
Scientists at the Institut Pasteur, Radboudumc university medical center (The Netherlands), and the University of Perugia (Italy), recently identified the mechanism by which a component of the cell wall of the pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus triggers an anti-inflammatory effect. They then showed that this same component could be used as a potential treatment for various inflammatory...
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Document de presse | 2014.03.10
Inauguration of a Regional Platform of Research on transmissible and emerging infectious diseases in Southeast Asia (PRR-Asia)
Southeast Asia (SEA) is affected by emerging infectious diseases, and emerging outbreaks challenge the medical and scientific communities. The emergence of new diseases or their resistance to anti-microbial drugs in SEA is a complex mechanism which requires more interest on the diseases, on the condition of their emergence and on the diffusion of the causative agents. The study of infection...
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Document de presse | 2013.04.15
Atomic-level characterization of the effects of alcohol on a major player of the central nervous system
Scientists at the Institut Pasteur, the CNRS and the University of Texas have been able to observe at atomic-level the effects of ethanol (the alcohol present in alcoholic beverages) on central nervous system receptors. They have identified five ethanol binding sites in a mutant of a bacterial analog of nicotinic receptors, and have determined how the binding of ethanol stimulates receptor...