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Document de presse | 2005.04.13
The art of camouflaging the parasite responsible for malaria
Researchers from the Institut Pasteur and the CNRS have brought to light the unique mechanisms that allow the parasite responsible for malaria to fool the immune system of those it infects. In collaboration with researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research of Melbourne, they showed in two articles published in Cell that the parasite is capable of changing the...
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Document de presse | 2005.01.16
Cervical cancer : developing a therapeutic vaccine
A candidate vaccine for treating cervical cancers has just been proven effective in animals by researchers at the Institut Pasteur in cooperation with the French National Health and Medical Research Institute (Inserm) and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), and by the company BT PHARMA*, an Institut Pasteur start-up company. This therapeutic vaccine is directed against a...
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Document de presse | 2004.10.03
Legionnaire's disease : genomes of the Paris and Lens strains sequenced
Legionellosis or Legionnaire's disease affected more than 1,000 people in France in 2003 and caused nearly 130 deaths. This emerging disease is caused by Legionella pneumophila, an environmental bacterium that can grow in hot water systems. A team at the Institut Pasteur associated with the CNRS [French National Center for Scientific Research] and in collaboration with the National Reference...
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Document de presse | 2004.09.21
Stem Cells and Skeletar Muscle: a Pagadigme Revised
Two groups at the Institut Pasteur in association with the CNRS (French National Scientific Research Centre) have called into question a 10-year-old paradigm by showing that three genetic factors, and not two as commonly believed, determine skeletal muscle identity from stem cells. This work, published on September 23rd in Nature, changes our view of the determination of muscle cells, and of the...
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Document de presse | 2004.04.05
Listeriosis : the mecanisms for crossing the placental barrier deciphered
A study conducted by Marc Lecuit from the Bacteria-Cell Interactions Unit (1) of the Institut Pasteur, which is directed by Prof. Pascale Cossart, has made it possible to uncover how the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes targets and cross the placental barrier in pregnant women. The crossing of the placental barrier leads to serious fetal infections, fetal death, miscarriages, premature births and...
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Document de presse | 2013.09.10
A simple in vitro test to bring surveillance of artemisinin-resistant malaria parasites to scale
A fruitful international cooperation, scientists from the Institut Pasteur in Cambodia, the Institut Pasteur in Paris and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) developed the first in vitro test adapted to field conditions in malaria-endemic areas for the study of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum (the parasite responsible for severe cases of malaria). Artemisinin is a major component...
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Fiche maladie | 2016.06.21
Zika
The Zika virus is a Flavivirus mainly transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes of the genus Aedes. It causes Zika virus disease.
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Fiche maladie | 2015.10.06
Listeriosis
Listeriosis is a severe foodborne infection caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. It can cause septicemia or central nervous system infections. In pregnant women, it can lead to miscarriage, premature delivery or serious neonatal infection.
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Fiche maladie | 2016.05.20
HIV / AIDS
Although there have been considerable advances in treatment, HIV continues to be a serious problem, especially in the terminal phase of the disease in the absence of treatment, known as AIDS. HIV/AIDS is currently one of the leading causes of death worldwide for adolescents and women of childbearing age. The interval between infection and diagnosis is long, especially in France, where it can...
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Article | 2016.11.10
The middle years 1862-1877
Louis Pasteur’s work raised a new set of research questions, such as " Where do fermentation agents come from ? " and " Do they originate from germs similar to themselves or do they appear spontaneously as explained by the spontaneous generation theory ? "