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Document de presse | 2023.03.31
The Institut Pasteur and the University of São Paulo sign articles of association to establish the Institut Pasteur in São Paulo
On Friday March 31st, 2023 at a ceremony in Paris, the Institut Pasteur President, Professor Stewart Cole, and the University of São Paulo (USP) Rector, Carlos Gilberto Carlotti Junior, signed articles of association for the Institut Pasteur in São Paulo, a private non-profit organization under Brazilian law. The mission of the institute, an associate member of the Pasteur Network, is to conduct...
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Document de presse | 2023.03.31
Professor Yasmine Belkaid appointed Institut Pasteur President
On March 29, 2023, Professor Yasmine Belkaid was appointed President of the Institut Pasteur by its Board of Governors for a six-year term. She will take office in January 2024. A French Algerian born in Algiers in 1968, Professor Yasmine Belkaid is an internationally renowned scientist who has focused her research on the relationship between microbes and the immune system.She began her...
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Document de presse | 2023.03.07
A New Milestone in the Development of an Effective Allergic Asthma Vaccine
To combat allergic asthma, which affects millions of people worldwide, scientists from Inserm, CNRS and Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier at the Infinity laboratory[1], Institut Pasteur and French company NEOVACS are developing and testing a new vaccine. In their previous study, the teams had shown it to be effective in producing antibodies capable of neutralizing human immune proteins that...
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Document de presse | 2023.03.29
World Autism Awareness Day: Institut Pasteur working actively with clinicians and the autism community
As we mark World Autism Awareness Day on Sunday April 2, 2023, this year the Institut Pasteur is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the discovery of the first genes associated with autism. In 2003, this discovery offered a new perspective on the neurodevelopmental disorder; today, it highlights what still needs to be done to help those affected by autism. Scientists in international consortia...
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Document de presse | 2023.03.28
COVID-19: How is it spreading in households?
More than three years after the start of the COVID-19 epidemic, mathematical modeling is still providing us with valuable insights, as shown in a recent study on household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by the Hong Kong University School of Public Health and the Institut Pasteur/Université Paris Cité. Scientists believe that there is a subset of individuals with SARS-CoV-2 who are three times more...
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Portrait | 2023.04.14
Sarah Bonnet, tickologist and educator
Sarah Bonnet is a "tickologist" – she specializes in the study of ticks. More broadly, she is a veterinarian entomologist and medical, a professor and scientist with a passion for field work. Her research is focused on the little-known field of ticks and their many species. She is an enthusiastic educator who loves sharing her expertise and plans for future research. The upheavals we are...
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Document de presse | 2023.04.11
Identification of tunnels connecting neurons in the developing brain
Over a hundred years after the discovery of the neuron by neuroanatomist Santiago Ramón y Cajal, scientists continue to deepen their knowledge of the brain and its development. In a publication in Science Advances on April 5, a team from the Institut Pasteur and the CNRS, in collaboration with Harvard University, revealed novel insights into how cells in the outer layers of the brain interact...
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News | 2023.04.28
Lassa fever: promising results for a vaccine candidate in a Phase I clinical trial
The Lassa arenavirus causes hemorrhagic fever and is a major problem in many West African countries, claiming 5,000 to 6,000 lives every year. There is therefore an urgent need to develop treatments and prepare for potential outbreaks. An international study involving Institut Pasteur researchers has reported the results of Phase I clinical trial for a Lassa fever vaccine. Vaccine candidates...
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News | 2023.05.05
40 years of HIV discovery: the first cases of a mysterious disease in the early 1980s
In 1981, the first cases of a completely unknown disease were described in the United States. Plague or gay syndrome, cancer, pneumonia? Rumors were rife. Let’s have an eye back on this story of an emerging disease.
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News | 2023.05.15
40 years of HIV discovery: the virus responsible for AIDS is identified on May 20, 1983
In 1983, HIV -the virus responsible for AIDS- was isolated by virologists from the Institut Pasteur. A first observation with a microscope in February was confirmed in May 83 by a publication in Science, the prestigious scientific journal. The revelation of a retrovirus will gradually change the beliefs around this disease. This discovery will also bring patients and researchers together around...
