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News | 2018.09.07
Lyme disease: a study on the speed of transmission by infected ticks
Lyme borreliosis is a disease caused by bacteria of the genus Borrelia that are transmitted by a bite from a tick of the genus Ixodes. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur used mice to study the transmission of bacteria by ticks infected with various European and North American species of Borrelia. They found evidence of rapid bacterial transmission following a bite, with infection occurring...
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Article | 2019.02.22
PPU-Oxford Program
"Chimie Biologique"Linking Chemistry and Microbiology to Fight Human Diseases
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Article | 2019.04.03
Pasteur International Joint Research Unit (PIU)
You are a leader of a team or a unit at Institut Pasteur and you want to create a framework of partnership with international teams on issues of common interest. You can apply for the creation of a Pasteur International joint research Unit (PIU).
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Fiche maladie | 2019.06.25
Kaposi’s sarcoma
Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) is caused by infection with human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8). Although KS can occur independently of HIV/AIDS, it frequently develops in individuals co-infected with HIV and HHV-8. The AIDS epidemic has therefore led to a huge rise in the number of cases of Kaposi’s sarcoma, especially in regions of Africa where HHV-8 is endemic.
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News | 2019.12.13
Studying synaptic protein assemblies helps us understand the nature of communication between neurons
Researchers at the Institut Pasteur (Paris) recently combined fluorescence imaging, computational modeling, and electron microscopy to show how the diversity of nanoscale protein assemblies drives diversity in communication between neurons in the brain. This study opens up new avenues of research for linking molecular function to alterations in information processing by the brain, and may also...
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Article | 2020.03.16
Coronavirus: all COVID-19 news from the Institut Pasteur
On January 9, 2020, Chinese health authorities and the World Health Organization (WHO) officially announced the discovery of a novel coronavirus (first named 2019-nCoV, then officially SARS-CoV-2). This new virus is the pathogen responsible for the infectious respiratory disease called COVID-19 (CoronaVIrus Disease). Following the announcement of the first cases and the declaration of...
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News | 2020.11.12
Alzheimer: how endogenously formed Tau aggregates fail to be degraded
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that mainly affects memory, but also other cognitive functions linked to knowledge and involving language, logical thought and learning capacity. This disease generally leads to loss of independence for sufferers. It is one of the leading causes of disability and dependency in elderly people. There is currently no cure for the...
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News | 2020.11.30
Autoinflammatory diseases: a yeast sugar as a potential treatment
Autoinflammatory diseases, like autoimmune diseases, are disorders caused by immune system dysfunction. They develop into chronic inflammatory diseases. Institut Pasteur scientists have observed that a natural sugar in the yeast cell wall may reduce excessive inflammation in some of these conditions, and could therefore be used as a treatment.Antibodies that attack the normal constituents of the...
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News | 2021.02.05
COVID-19 risk factors surveillance among healthcare workers: a study implemented by MediLabSecure Project
According to the WHO recommendations, a multi-centre surveillance study has been implemented among healthcare workers in five African countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Niger, Central African Republic and Madagascar. Coordinated by Institut Pasteur, this cohort study aims to identify the contamination risk factors and better understand the transmission/spread of the virus. The revue “...
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News | 2021.03.08
Piecing together past epidemics by studying the human genome
Tuberculosis is one of the most deadly infectious diseases in the world, and it is the most deadly disease in Europe's history. It is generally caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterium. Scientists have studied the impact of tuberculosis outbreaks on the human genome over the past 10,000 years.Our genome is partly shaped by natural selection. Genes that increase our chances of survival...