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News | 2020.11.30
Autoinflammatory diseases: a yeast sugar as a potential treatment
Autoinflammatory diseases, like autoimmune diseases, are disorders caused by immune system dysfunction. They develop into chronic inflammatory diseases. Institut Pasteur scientists have observed that a natural sugar in the yeast cell wall may reduce excessive inflammation in some of these conditions, and could therefore be used as a treatment.Antibodies that attack the normal constituents of the...
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News | 2020.12.01
Use of the maladiecoronavirus.fr web application during the first wave helped reduce call volumes to the French medical emergency number
The maladiecoronavirus.fr web application is a self-triage tool for suspected COVID-19 cases. It was the first application to be approved by the French Ministry of Health in March 2020, and has since been used by almost 13 million people. A study has demonstrated that use of maladiecoronavirus.fr led to an eightfold reduction in the number of unnecessary calls to the French medical emergency...
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News | 2020.12.02
Diphtheria: identification of a penicillin resistance gene
Before the vaccine era, diphtheria was the most deadly respiratory infection in young children. There are still outbreaks of diphtheria in some world regions and cases can occur among unvaccinated individuals, with severe consequences. Antibiotics are vital in treating diphtheria, and the emergence of antibiotic resistance is a major public health concern. A team of Institut Pasteur scientists...
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News | 2020.12.01
Embryonic development – the role of Nodal in establishing cardiac asymmetry
Cardiac asymmetry established during embryonic development is critical to heart function. 1% of all newborns are affected by a heart defect, which in France accounts for approximately 8,000 babies per year. It is therefore essential to understand the mechanisms of heart formation in order to determine the causes of these defects. Sigolène Meilhac's Heart Morphogenesis team at the Institut Pasteur...
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News | 2020.12.07
Unprecedented solidarity and support to accompany the member institutes of the International Network in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic
The Institut Pasteur International Network, with the support of the International Department of the Institut Pasteur (Paris) and in association with institutional funders, has mobilised to help certain member institutes in Africa and Asia to carry out their public health missions in the context of the management of the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective of this aid was to provide them with...
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Document de presse | 2020.12.09
Gut microbiota plays a role in brain function and mood regulation
Depression is a mental disorder that affects more than 264 million people of all ages worldwide. Understanding its mechanisms is vital for the development of effective therapeutic strategies. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, Inserm and the CNRS recently conducted a study showing that an imbalance in the gut bacterial community can cause a reduction in some metabolites, resulting in...
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News | 2020.12.08
Institut Pasteur scientist Mélanie Hamon wins the 15th Georges, Jacques and Elias Canetti Prize
The Georges, Jacques and Elias Canetti Prize is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. The winner of this 2020 edition is Mélanie Hamon, a scientist and Head of the Chromatin and Infection team at the Institut Pasteur in Paris. Her research on the epigenetic modifications induced during bacterial infections particularly focuses on the Streptococcus pneumoniae bacterium, which causes severe...
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News | 2020.12.08
Central nervous system infections: how group B streptococci cross the blood-brain barrier
Central nervous system infections are devastating diseases, with a high mortality rate and long-term neurological disabilities in those who survive. They can be caused by a variety of pathogenic microorganisms – bacteria, fungi or viruses. One characteristic shared by all these pathogens is their ability to cross a major protective barrier in the brain, the blood-brain barrier. Scientists from...
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Document de presse | 2020.12.17
ComCor study on places of infection with SARS-CoV-2: where are French people catching the virus?
The Institut Pasteur, in partnership with the French National Health Insurance Fund (CNAM), Santé publique France and the Ipsos Social Research Institute, recently presented the results of the ComCor epidemiological study on circumstances and places of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The aim of the study was to identify the socio-demographic factors, places visited and behaviors associated...
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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...
