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Article | 2017.08.08
General Recommendations
VACCINATIONSBefore traveling abroad, a vaccination schedule should be drawn up based on two criteria:Administrative obligation: the measures adopted by the country to protect against an infectious risk from another country, rather than the actual risks for the traveler.The actual risks for the traveler: these vary depending on the health situation of the country they are going to, the...
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Article | 2020.03.27
Coronavirus (Covid-19) research projects
VACCINE CANDIDATES1. Development of an animal model and accelerated development of a DNA vaccine candidate(SCARD SARS-CoV-2 project)Aims:To develop a mouse model of SARS-CoV-2 infection.This will not only enable us to evaluate the efficacy of the vaccine; it will also facilitate in vivo research on SARS-CoV-2. To evaluate the immunogenicity (ability to induce a specific immune reaction) and...
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Article | 2016.12.20
Amgen Scholars Program
The Amgen Scholars Program at Institut Pasteur will provide ten undergraduate students from European universities the opportunity to work on supervised research projects during an eight-week summer internship in Institut Pasteur.
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Document de presse | 2016.01.08
The Institut Pasteur in French Guiana publishes the first complete genome sequence of the Zika virus circulating in the Americas
Having confirmed the first cases of infection in Suriname then in French Guiana, the Institut Pasteur in French Guiana has sequenced the complete genome of the Zika virus, which is responsible for an unprecedented epidemic currently sweeping through the tropical regions of the Americas. Published in The Lancet medical journal today, the analysis of this sequence shows almost complete homology...
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Document de presse | 2016.06.06
Identification of a therapeutic compound for a genetic form of autism spectrum disorders thanks to high throughput screening
A team of researchers from I-STEM laboratory (CECS / AFM-Telethon / Inserm), led by Alexandra Benchoua and Marc Peschanski, in collaboration with Prof. Thomas Bourgeron (Pasteur Institute / Paris Diderot University / CNRS) and Prof. Richard Delorme (Robert Debré Hospital / AP-HP), has highlighted the therapeutic potential of lithium in a patient with a rare form of autism spectrum disorder...
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Document de presse | 2016.06.30
The relentless dynamism of the adult brain
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur and the CNRS were able to make real-time observations over a period of several months that reveal how new adult-born neurons are formed and evolve in the olfactory bulb of mice. They made the surprising discovery that there is constant structural plasticity in the connections established by these new neurons with the circuits into which they are recruited. The...
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Document de presse | 2015.11.10
Dengue: asymptomatic people transmit the virus to mosquitoes
Scientists at the Institut Pasteur in Cambodia, the Institut Pasteur in Paris and the CNRS provided proof that people infected by dengue virus but showing no clinical symptoms can actually infect mosquitoes that bite them. It appears that these asymptomatic people – who, together with mildly symptomatic patients, represent three-quarters of all dengue infections – could be involved in...
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Document de presse | 2014.04.09
Chikungunya raises concern in the Americas
Despite the presence of potentially susceptible mosquitoes, the first autochthonous cases of chikungunya on the American continent were not reported until December 2013 when a severe epidemic struck the West Indies. In order to assess the risks of the virus being transmitted and spreading throughout the territory, scientists from the Institut Pasteur and Fiocruz (Brazil) undertook the most...
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Document de presse | 2014.05.22
Directing stem cell fates
Researchers from the Institut Pasteur, CEA and CNRS have discovered that the immediate environment of stem cells can have a strong influence on the fate of their descendants. The researchers observed that the forces applied to stem cells during division influenced the likelihood that these dividing cells would produce two new stem cells, one stem cell and one specialized cell, or even two...
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Document de presse | 2013.03.17
Buruli Ulcer: Mechanism Behind Tissue Erosion Revealed
Scientists at the Pasteur Institute in Paris and the CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research), in collaboration with the Universities of Basel (Switzerland) and Cambridge (UK) have identified the mechanism underlying the formation of Buruli ulcers caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium ulcerans. Their discovery opens avenues for the development of novel therapeutic approaches for...