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Document de presse | 2023.01.25
Discovery of a circovirus involved in human hepatitis
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital (AP-HP), Inserm in the Imagine Institute, Université Paris Cité and the Alfort National Veterinary School (EnvA) have identified a previously unknown species of circovirus, provisionally named human circovirus 1 (HCirV-1). Circoviruses are a family of small, highly resistant DNA viruses that were initially identified in 1974 in...
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Document de presse | 2022.12.20
Identification of a new neural pathway essential for refining odor perception
In the brain, sensory messages are processed by neurons that send the information collected by the sensory organ to the different structures of the brain. At each stage of integration, the activity of these neurons is controlled by interneurons that exert local inhibition in order to direct and modulate the neural messages. This type of circuit forms the classical architecture of the sensory...
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News | 2023.01.31
Four scientists working at the Institut Pasteur awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant
On Tuesday January 31, 2023, the European Research Council announced the list of beneficiaries of ERC Consolidator Grants, a European funding scheme to develop ambitious, innovative research projects. The laureates include four scientists working at the Institut Pasteur.
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News | 2023.02.09
AVATAR MEDICAL, laureate of the EIC Accelerator, a new step forward in bringing medical imaging at the heart of the surgical practice
AVATAR MEDICAL, spin-off from the Institut Pasteur and Institut Curie, two institutes with the Carnot label, was announced as a laureate of the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator programme, securing 2.5M€ in funding. AVATAR MEDICAL's ambition is to put medical imaging at the heart of surgical practice by making them accessible to surgeons throughout the patient journey. Prior to...
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Document de presse | 2023.02.09
Who are the first ancestors of present-day fish?
What is the origin of the ancestors of present-day fish? What species evolved from them? A 50-year-old scientific controversy revolved around the question of which group, the "bony-tongues" or the "eels", was the oldest. A study by INRAE, the CNRS, the Pasteur Institute, Inserm and the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, has just put an end to the debate by showing through genomic analysis that...
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Page avancée | 2023.02.14
2022 Ceremony of the Newly Graduated Students
2022 Ceremony of the Newly Graduated Students
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News | 2023.03.08
Institut Pasteur of Shanghai: Changes to the partnership between the Institut Pasteur and the Chinese Academy of Sciences
The Institut Pasteur decided in December 2022 to suspend its partnership agreement with the Chinese Academy of Sciences regarding the Institut Pasteur of Shanghai. This choice was made in order to begin a new cycle of conversations for improving the relationship between the two organizations and finding a more productive way to work together.Consequently, the Institut Pasteur ceased to be...
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Document de presse | 2023.02.20
HIV: third case in the world of probable cure after a bone marrow transplant
Forty years after the discovery of HIV in 1983 at the Institut Pasteur, 38.4 million people were living with the virus worldwide in 2021.[1] Only two cases of people being cured had previously been described: the Berlin patient in 2009 and the London patient in 2019. The IciStem consortium, whose members include Asier Sáez-Cirión's team at the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with Düsseldorf...
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News | 2023.03.03
"Hidden Face of Paris 2023" at the Institut Pasteur: a look back at the event
For the past ten years, the Hidden Face of Paris (Paris Face Cachée) event has been giving the public unique access to more than a hundred sites in the Greater Paris region over a 72-hour period. The idea is simple: members of the public sign up for an adventure based on an evocative title and description, without knowing who is organizing it or who they will meet. The venue is kept secret...
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Document de presse | 2023.02.21
A blood factor involved in depression
The process of aging is often related to the onset of cognitive decline, depression and memory loss. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, CNRS and Inserm have discovered that administration of the GDF11 protein, which is known to regenerate murine neural stem cells, improves cognitive abilities and reduces the depressive state in aged mice. They also demonstrated the mechanism of action of this...
