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Document de presse | 2023.10.25
New discovery concerning receptors used by coronaviruses to enter human cells
The SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for COVID-19 can cause severe acute respiratory syndrome, contrasting with other coronaviruses that were known to cause mild seasonal colds prior to its emergence in 2019. This raises the question of why one coronavirus affects humans more severely than another. Scientists at the Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité and the VRI have now provided part of the...
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Document de presse | 2023.10.25
The SARS-CoV-2 virus can migrate within neurons and infect the brain
The emergence of different variants of SARS-CoV-2 has produced a wide range of clinical profiles and symptoms in patients. For the first time, researchers at the Institut Pasteur and Université Paris Cité have demonstrated, in an animal model, a characteristic common to several SARS-CoV-2 variants: the ability to infect the central nervous system. The study confirms that SARS-CoV-2 is capable of...
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Portrait | 2024.01.15
Sarah Dellière: from hospital to lab, a scientist without borders
"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood." These words from Marie Curie neatly sum up the philosophy and career of Sarah Dellière. She is determined, optimistic and adventurous, and she loves stepping out of her comfort zone to embrace new experiences and further deepen her knowledge.At the age of just 17, Sarah Dellière began traveling to far-flung corners of the world to...
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News | 2022.04.28
Understanding how the whooping cough bacterium has evolved in response to vaccination
In a recent study stemming from an international partnership involving several Institut Pasteur scientists, work was carried out on modeling the spatial dynamics and evolution of Bordetella pertussis, the bacterium responsible for whooping cough.
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News | 2022.07.08
Conversation: 2021, a pivotal year for the Institut Pasteur's future
Institut Pasteur Board of Governors Chairman Christian Vigouroux and President Prof. Sir Stewart Cole share their thoughts on the year's highlights. 2021 was a pivotal year poised between maintaining financial stability and supporting scientific projects.
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News | 2022.11.14
Monkeypox: a detailed profile of the disease
Physicians and scientists from the Institut Pasteur, the Pasteur Network and ANRS | Emerging Infectious Diseases have conducted a review of the medical and scientific literature about monkeypox. The review, which paints a complete picture of the disease, was published in the New England Journal of Medicine on October 26, 2022. What are the signs of this disease? Where does it come from? How is it...
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Document de presse | 2026.01.28
Institut Pasteur statement on U.S. administration's attacks against biomedical research, global public health action and vaccination
For several months now, the current U.S. administration has consistently attacked and endeavored to weaken biomedical research and public health action in the United States and worldwide with unparalleled vigor. This situation has many consequences – both ethical and economic – but above all it is a grave attack on healthcare protection, and an unprecedented assault on the systems and...
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News | 2020.12.18
Nine Young Researchers from the Institut Pasteur International Network present at the 2020 PhD Student Ceremony
The 8th ceremony in honour of the young graduates who have completed their thesis at the Institut Pasteur during the academic year 2019-2020 was held on December 4th 2020. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the event took place in visio and thus allowed a greater number of young doctoral students from the Institut Pasteur International Network (IPIN) to join this special event. This ceremony, like the...
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News | 2026.04.27
Nearly 300 public figures speak out in support of vaccination: a life saved every eight seconds
To mark Vaccination Week, and on the initiative of the Institut Pasteur, nearly 300 prominent figures are coming together to emphasise the importance of vaccination and call for a collective response to misinformation and attacks on science and rationality. These men and women come from the fields of scientific research, medicine, culture and media, politics (including numerous health ministers)...
