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Document de presse | 2021.07.12
Ivermectin alleviates Covid-19 symptoms in an animal model
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, various therapeutic approaches have been explored to tackle the disease. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur have shown that ivermectin, a drug used commercially as an antiparasitic treatment, offers protection from COVID-19 symptoms in an animal model. The scientists observed that taking ivermectin was associated with reduced inflammation in the...
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Page avancée | 2021.08.09
Committing to Open Science
The Institut Pasteur has been acting in favor of Open Science by adopting two founding texts in May 2021: a Charter for Open Access to publications and a Policy for the management and sharing of research data and software code.
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News | 2021.08.13
Low number of COVID-19 cases in Lao PTR: a seroprevalence study to confirm this figure
In 2020 when many countries around the world struggled with a large burden of COVID-19 cases, the Lao PDR stood out as a country with low reported numbers of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Was it due to a low circulation of the virus or to an inadequate surveillance system? To answer this question, a seroprevalence study has been conducted by Institut Pasteur du Laos, in collaboration with Institut...
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Article | 2021.08.18
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Article | 2021.08.18
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Page avancée | 2021.08.23
The Institut Pasteur Newsletter
Every month, all the scientific and institutional news of the Institut Pasteur: news, press releases, reports...
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Document de presse | 2021.08.19
Immune checkpoint inhibitors improve cellular immunity against SARS-CoV-2
Researchers and doctors from the AP-HP, the Institut Pasteur, the University of Paris and the Sorbonne University, have carried out work on the effect of immune checkpoint inhibitors (anti-PD1 and anti-CTLA4) on cellular immunity against SARS-CoV-2. This work, the results of which suggest that these treatments are not deleterious during infection with COVID-19 and, on the contrary, seem to...
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Document de presse | 2021.08.26
COVID-19: Will telecommuting strategies stop the virus from circulating?
How can we best organise on-site workplace and school attendance periods and remote work to slow the circulation of Sars-CoV-2? Is it better to separate classes? Bring your whole team in at the same time? Set this up on daily or weekly schedules? The COVID-19 pandemic has forced most countries to impose contact limitations in workplaces, universities and schools. Scientists from the CNRS,...
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Fiche maladie | 2015.10.06
Candidiasis
Fungi (yeast) of the Candida genus can cause superficial infections affecting the mucous membranes or skin, and invasive infections, either localized to one organ or generalized throughout the body. Of the 200 known species of Candida, around twenty are responsible for human infection. Candida yeasts are often responsible for severe, hospital-acquired infections.
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News | 2021.07.23
A new method for identifying differences between bacterial strains from the same environment
In recent years, the scientific community has realized that different bacterial strains can play very different roles in an environment. The identification of these strains and their genomes is important for both basic research and human health. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur have developed a method to identify the genomes of different strains in the same environment.For any given type of...
