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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 | 2016.12.20
Department of Global Health
The main objectives of the interdisciplinary Department of Global Health are to study infectious diseases and tackle the emergence of new pathogens.
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Article | 2025.07.09
Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
How do cells acquire their identity? How are organs formed? Little is known about the mechanisms behind the “development” of animals, including human beings.
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Fiche maladie | 2015.10.06
Chagas disease
Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is a chronic infection caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. It primarily occurs in Latin America, where it represents a major public health problem, but cases have also been identified in other regions. Chagas disease is mainly transmitted by triatomine bugs, although it can also be contracted through blood/blood products and mother-to-...
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Article | 2025.01.20
Immunology
The complexity of the immune system is a never-ending source of fascination for scientists. The Department of Immunology is composed of teams that investigate the body's natural system of protection against disease.
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Document de presse | 2012.02.08
New results underline the importance of synaptic genes in autism
Autism has been declared a major national cause for 2012, and will have a high profile in France throughout the whole year. Paradoxically, this syndrome – and its causes in particular – remains poorly understood. A study published on February 9, 2012, in Public Library of Science - Genetics, shows that genetic mutations interfering with communication between neurons are directly...
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Document de presse | 2013.11.04
Two European programs reinforce the fight against emerging diseases
The 31 partners involved in the two major European research programs PREDEMICS and ANTIGONE are to meet for a joint seminar at the Institut Pasteur on November 6th. These two programs will respectively receive €11.7 million and €12 million funding of the European Union over five years to study the emergence mechanisms of infectious diseases in order to strengthen existing treatment and...
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Document de presse | 2017.05.05
The migration history of Bantu-speaking people: genomics reveals the benefits of admixture and sheds new light on slave trade
During a wave of expansion that began 4,000 to 5,000 years ago, Bantu-speaking populations – today some 310 million people – gradually left their original homeland of West-Central Africa and traveled to the eastern and southern regions of the continent. Using data from a vast genomic analysis of more than 2,000 samples taken from individuals in 57 populations throughout Sub-Saharan Africa,...
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News | 2020.11.20
Zika outbreaks fostered by virus-permissive mosquitoes
What factors facilitate the emergence of a previously unknown virus in the human population? Scientists from the CNRS, the Institut Pasteur and the IRD, in collaboration with the Institut Pasteur International Network and with several other institutions worldwide, have helped answer that question for the Zika virus. Their study sheds light on regional and continental disparities in Zika...
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Document de presse | 2022.06.29
Rethinking the rabies vaccine
Rabies virus kills over 50,000 people each year. Although current rabies vaccines are effective, they do not offer lifelong protection and booster doses are required. Institut Pasteur scientists, in collaboration with researchers from La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) in the United States, captured new high-resolution views of rabies virus, revealing potential vaccine targets. These...