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Document de presse | 2009.01.14
Vaccine against shigellosis (bacillary dysentery):a promising clinical trial
The results of a clinical trial aimed to assess the effectiveness of an oral vaccine against Shigella dysenteriae serotype 1, the bacterium responsible for the epidemic form of Shigellosis or bacillary dysentery, a severe and often fatal diarrheic disease, have just been published in the journal Vaccine. Developed by a team from the Institut Pasteur and Inserm, this vaccine proved to be well...
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Document de presse | 2008.10.07
Distorting sounds for improved hearing
How research into hereditary deafness has revealed the way in which the inner ear distorts sounds A study carried out by researchers from the Institut Pasteur and Inserm, published in the journal Nature, has revealed how the inner ear distorts sounds. This distortion is one of the essential stages in the processing of sound by the ear, before this sound is encoded so that it can be transmitted to...
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Document de presse | 2008.03.17
The mother-to-child transmission of Chikungunya virus established
During a vast prospective study among pregnant women, clinicians in Reunion and researchers from the Institut Pasteur and Inserm demonstrated for the first time the maternal-fetal transmission of Chikungunya virus. Their findings show that this transmission almost exclusively occurs when mothers are infected shortly before term and that newborns have an increased probability of developing a...
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Document de presse | 2008.02.14
Chikungunya: an animal model, at last !
Researchers from the Institut Pasteur and INSERM have developed the first mouse model for chikungunya virus infection. This animal model mimics both the benign and severe forms of the disease. As a result, the scientists have determined which tissues and cells are infected by the virus in each of these clinical conditions. The development of such an animal model is a major advance, not only at...
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Document de presse | 2007.11.13
The Chikungunya virus and the Asian tiger mosquito:
Teams from the Institut Pasteur have shown that a mutation of the Chikungunya virus that facilitates its penetration into the vector mosquito could explain the epidemic explosion recorded in the Indian Ocean at the beginning of 2006. Further, the teams have provided important data suggesting the possibility of a vertical transmission of the virus from the infected female to its descendents. Their...
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Document de presse | 2007.05.14
Identification of a susceptibility gene for autism
A group of the Pasteur Institute has identified a new susceptibility gene for autism. The key role of this gene in melatonin synthesis sheds light on this complex condition. This work is published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry. Press release Paris, may 15, 2007 Autism is a complex syndrome, which appears before 3 years of age, and is characterised by deficits in...
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Document de presse | 2006.11.23
Evolution of the typhoid fever bacterium Playing hide-and-seek since prehistoric times...
International teams led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute, the Institut Pasteur, and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have just traced the evolutionary history of Salmonella Typhi, the bacterium responsible for typhoid fever, in a study published in the journal Science. This disease, which continues to exist in industrialised nations, affects twenty-one million people annually...
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Document de presse | 2006.09.04
Rapid Diagnosis Tests for Meningococcal Meningitis
New tests for rapid diagnosis of meningococcal meningitis have been developed and validated by the Institut Pasteur in Paris, and by CERMES in Niamey (Niger), an associated institute in the International Network of Instituts Pasteur. These tests can be used at the patient's bedside, and are formatted in two dipsticks, which can diagnose 4 serogroups of meningococcus (A, C, W135 and Y). They...
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Document de presse | 2006.05.22
Origine and microevolution of the Chikungunya viruses responsible for the Indian Ocean outbreaks Complete sequencing of the genomes of 6 viral strains
Researchers at the Institut Pasteur have managed to retrace the origin and evolution of the Chikungunya virus in the Indian Ocean through complete sequencing of the genome of six viral strains isolated from patients from Reunion Island and the Seychelles, as well as through partial sequencing of the viral protein E1 from 127 patients from the Indian Ocean islands (Reunion,Madagascar, Seychelles,...
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Document de presse | 2006.02.05
HHS and Institut Pasteur Partner On Pandemic Influenza Preparedness
Paris, France—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Institut Pasteur (IP) today agreed to carry out joint activities, beginning in Southeast Asia, to strengthen global capacity to detect influenza viruses that could have the potential to trigger a human pandemic. Press release Paris, febuary 6, 2006 The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU),...