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News | 2024.01.30
Two diets (vegan and ketogenic) rapidly impact immune system
A NIH study finds distinct immune responses occur quickly when diets change. This study was conducted by Yasmine Belkaid, now President of the Institut Pasteur (Paris), and her former research team at the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
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Article | 2024.02.01
International programs
To meet current global health challenges, the Institut Pasteur is developing and coordinating major international projects, run mainly in conjunction with members of the Institut Pasteur International Network. As well as furthering knowledge, these programs help to increase local skills, build up equipment, and assist health authorities in drawing up recommendations to improve the care of...
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Document de presse | 2024.01.23
Audiogene, the first clinical trial in France for a gene therapy to treat hearing loss in children
The aim of this clinical trial, which has just received approval in France, is to assess the safety and efficacy of a new gene therapy drug in children aged between 6 and 31 months with profound hearing loss. Audiogene was developed by a French consortium composed of teams from the Hearing Institute, an Institut Pasteur research center; the ENT Department and Pediatric Audiology Research Center...
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News | 2024.02.07
Revealed: molecular motors provide energy to "feed" bacteria
Researchers at the CNRS and the Institut Pasteur have discovered the mechanism by which nutrients enter a bacterium. Thanks to cutting-edge technologies, they have completed the puzzle of a sequence of events in the bacterial envelope. They deciphered the workings of a "molecular motor" that brings nutrients into bacteria, and explain how energy circulates to bring them in. The proof is in the...
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Page avancée | 2024.02.05
2023 Ceremony of the Newly Graduated Students
2023 Ceremony of the Newly Graduated Students
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Document de presse | 2024.02.14
Smoking has long-term effects on the immune system
Like other factors such as age, sex and genetics, smoking has a major impact on immune responses. This is the finding recently made by a team of scientists at the Institut Pasteur using the Milieu Intérieur cohort of 1,000 healthy volunteers, established to understand variability in immune responses. In addition to its short-term impact on immunity, smoking also has long-term consequences. For...
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Page avancée | 2024.02.06
Our international cooperation
The Department of International Affairs develops institutional and scientific partnerships to boost the Institut Pasteur's global presence and tackle human health challenges.
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News | 2024.02.06
Women and Girls in Science: find out more about seven of the Institut Pasteur's female scientists
To mark the 2024 edition of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we are proud to present the profiles of seven women working at the Institut Pasteur. PhD students, research unit heads, group leaders and clinicians, tackling tick-borne diseases, endometriosis, fungal infections, tuberculosis, breast cancer and brain tumors. These experts in immunology, genomics and medical...
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Document de presse | 2024.02.08
Mariana Mesel-Lemoine appointed as Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the Institut Pasteur
Acting on a proposal from the Institut Pasteur President Yasmine Belkaid, the Institut Pasteur Board of Governors appointed Mariana Mesel-Lemoine as Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion on Wednesday February 7, 2024.This appointment marks a significant milestone in the history of the Institut Pasteur, and it is the first French research institute to establish a position of this kind at...
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Document de presse | 2024.02.22
New epidemiological surveillance indicators for more effective monitoring of suicide attempts
Teams from the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department at Robert Debré Hospital (AP-HP), the AP-HP Digital Services Department and the Institut Pasteur, coordinated by Romain Bey and Prof. Richard Delorme, have developed novel digital tools to improve mental health monitoring for people living in the Greater Paris region. The data in this retrospective study were generated by analyzing several...
