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News | 2022.03.22
World Water Day: several water-related diseases still exist
World Water Day is held on March 22, 2022. The theme for this year’s edition is: "Groundwater – making the invisible visible". On this occasion, learn more about diseases related to water access – predominantly infectious diseases – in our fact sheets and some of the initiatives implemented by the Institut Pasteur in Paris and the Pasteur Network.
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Document de presse | 2021.11.26
ComCor study: new results on places of infection with SARS-CoV-2 and analysis of the efficacy of messenger RNA vaccines against the Delta variant
From May 23 to August 13, 2021, the Institut Pasteur, in partnership with the French National Health Insurance Fund (CNAM), Santé publique France and the Ipsos institute, conducted the fourth part of the ComCor epidemiological study on circumstances and places of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus in France. The aim of the study was to identify the socio-demographic factors, places visited and...
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Article | 2019.06.14
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News | 2020.04.14
COVID-19, chronicle of an expected pandemic / Exiting lockdown or the sum total of all dangers
Professor Philippe Sansonetti explains that a lockdown was needed because social distancing measures were not enough on their own. He goes on to outline the conditions that will be required for a future exit strategy – but makes it clear that this strategy will not signal the end of distancing measures. This article was written by Philippe Sansonetti and published on the website "La Vie des...
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Document de presse | 2013.12.18
Molecular marker discovered for detecting artemisinin-resistant forms of malaria
Scientists at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, the Institut Pasteur in Cambodia, the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), and the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIAID/NIH) have identified a molecular marker for detecting malaria parasites with resistance to artemisinin derivatives (major components in antimalarial medicine or drug treatments currently recommended by the World...
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Document de presse | 2014.09.04
Autism: SHANK gene may indicate the severity of the disorder
Thanks to a large-scale study conducted on nearly 1,000 autistic patients, scientists at the Institut Pasteur, the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Paris Diderot University and the FondaMental Foundation succeeded in mapping the clinical incidence and impact of certain genetic mutations linked to the cognitive and intellectual abilities of the patients. Mutations affecting...
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Document de presse | 2013.03.13
Aids : 14 adult patients in long term functional remission of HIV seven years after being taken off early antiretroviral treatment
Newly published scientific study describes 14 adult patients in long term functional remission of HIV seven years after being taken off early antiretroviral treatment. The Anrs EP 47`VISCONTI´ cohort confirms on a larger and durable scale what the Mississippi `functionally cured´ baby indicated – that early therapeutic intervention may be instrumental in HIV remission and has...
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Document de presse | 2013.02.06
Treatment of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Study of Phase III Shows Antibiotic Cream Has High Cure Rate, Few Side Effects
An international research partnership from Tunisia, France and the United States has demonstrated a high cure rate and remarkably few side effects in treating patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) with an antibiotic cream. CL is a parasitic disease that causes disfiguring lesions and affects 1.5 million people worldwide annually, including the socio-economically disadvantaged in the...
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Document de presse | 2011.08.02
The troubling emergence of multi-drug resistant Salmonella
As part of a vast international study, researchers from the Institut Pasteur, the INRA and the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance have tracked the sudden and worrying emergence of a Salmonella strain that has developed resistance to almost every possible antibiotic treatment. The study has retraced the evolution of the bacteria throughout the last 50 years. It has notably determined...
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Document de presse | 2008.10.05
Nobel Prize in Medicine 2008 awarded to Professors Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 2008 has been awarded to Professors Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier for their discovery of the human immunodeficiency (AIDS) virus in 1983 at the Institut Pasteur, and to Prof. Harald zur Hausen for his discovery of the human papillomavirus, which is responsible for cervical cancer. Press releaseParis, october 6, 2008 “Twenty five...