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News | 2019.11.18
Chaos in ageing skeletal muscle stem cells
Faithful to the Pasteurian mission that aims to tackle human public health issues, the Institut Pasteur is involved in research on ageing. Seeking understand the decline in function of tissues in organisms, researchers from the Stem Cells and Development unit at Institut Pasteur made a discovery on the still unknown mechanisms of the epigenetic clock in stem cells.Epigenetic modifications have...
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Report | 2019.11.25
Managing outbreaks more effectively
Disease outbreaks are unpredictable and often deadly. Wherever they occur on the planet, we are all potentially at risk: in our era of globalized air travel, a microbe can make it round the world in less than 24 hours. Alongside outbreaks of well-established diseases such as influenza, yellow fever, plague, cholera and measles, we are also seeing many outbreaks caused by more "recent" pathogens...
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Fiche maladie | 2019.10.02
Influenza
Influenza is a contagious respiratory infection caused by influenza viruses, which are unique due to their vast genetic variability. It is a public health issue because of the seasonal outbreaks that affect 2 to 6 million people in France every winter, with influenza-associated excess mortality estimated at approximately 10,000 deaths, mainly in vulnerable individuals. The pandemic risk...
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CNR/CCOMS | 2019.11.19
Emerging animal pathogens in humans
World Organization for Animal Health - Collaborating Center (WOAHCC) for the "detection and identification in humans of emerging animal pathogens and development of tools for their diagnoses".The Environment and Infectious Risks Unit, Laboratory for Urgent Response to Biological Threats, and Pathogen Discovery Laboratory host this WOAHCC.HeadsJean-Claude ManuguerraMarc EloitDetection and...
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News | 2019.11.18
The Institut Pasteur: a leader in the fight against antibiotic resistance
This awareness week on antibiotics (18-24 November 2019) is an opportunity to focus on the major public health challenge of antibiotic resistance and to highlight the Institut Pasteur's efforts to demonstrate the importance of this issue. Sixty of its research teams are currently working on the subject.November 18 is European Antibiotic Awareness Day. From 18 to 24 November 2019, is the world...
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News | 2019.11.20
The Institut Pasteur hosts an OIE (World Organization for Animal Health) collaborating center
The Institut Pasteur is now home to the World Organization for Animal Health Collaborating Center for the detection and identification in humans of emerging animal pathogens and development of tools for their diagnoses. It is hosted by the Environment and Infectious Risks Unit (led by Jean-Claude Manuguerra), with the Laboratory for Urgent Response to Biological Threats and the Pathogen Discovery...
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News | 2019.11.22
2018 Activity Report for the Pasteur Microbes and Health Carnot Institute
The Activity Report for the Pasteur Microbes and Health Carnot Institute has now been published. It looks back at the main activities carried out in 2018, in synergy with the Institut Pasteur's Research Applications and Industrial Relations Department (DARRI). These activities are in line with the Institut Pasteur's 2019-2023 Strategic Plan.The Pasteur Microbes and Health (Pasteur MS) Carnot...
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News | 2019.11.25
In France, Aedes albopictus better transmits the African "Zika" than the Asian one
Researchers from the Institut Pasteur (Paris) have described the vector competence of the mosquito Aedes albopictus from south of France to different genotypes of the Zika virus. They demonstrate that this Ae. albopictus from France transmits the Zika virus of African origin better than the one of Asian origin.We all remember the Zika epidemic that hit the Pacific Islands (2013-2014) and the...
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News | 2019.11.26
Artificial intelligence: a new platform for the biomedical community
Artificial intelligence methods such as deep learning are enabling breakthrough advances in biomedical data analysis. From medical diagnosis and DNA sequence analysis to augmented microscopy and molecular design, the scope of applications for artificial intelligence is constantly expanding and drawing on ever larger datasets. However, most research studies based on deep learning do not enable...
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News | 2019.12.09
Institut Pasteur team identifies a key protein linked to ageing
Ageing is a dramatic public health issue in the face of the current demographic changes: the proportion of 60 and over in the world’s population will almost double by 2050. In this context, a new discovery has just broadened scientific knowledge. Researchers from the Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Department at the Institut Pasteur shed light on the mechanisms of senescence, by identifying a...
