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Article | 2025.01.20
Mycology
Mycoses have been a major public health issue since the early 1980s. Each year, nearly 1.5 million people worldwide die from a severe (or "invasive") infection caused by a microscopic fungus – that's nearly as many victims as those claimed by malaria and tuberculosis. This high death rate can be attributed to often late diagnosis and the limited efficacy of current medication.
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Article | 2025.01.20
Immunology
The complexity of the immune system is a never-ending source of fascination for scientists. The Department of Immunology is composed of teams that investigate the body's natural system of protection against disease.
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News | 2025.01.21
The Institut Pasteur and Leica Microsystems announce a collaboration to advance biomedical research
The Institut Pasteur is pleased to announce a new collaboration with Leica Microsystems, a leading provider of microscopy and scientific instrumentation. This collaboration agreement aims to build a stronger connection between two successful partners in scientific and technological research.This partnership will serve applications in optical imaging, artificial intelligence, correlative...
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Vidéo | 2025.01.27
“We are not all equal when it comes to addictions”
Understanding and fighting addiction: a battle at the heart of the brainAddiction is a complex disease, rooted in biochemical dysfunctions and a reorganization of neuronal circuits.Morgane Besson, a researcher in the neuroscience department at the Institut Pasteur, explores this field to better understand how genetics, environment and individual history influence this problem.(video in french,...
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Report | 2022.07.08
A historic fight against emerging infectious diseases
Emerging infectious diseases result from contact between microbes and animals, with humans the most parasitized animal species. From the plague in Asia in 1894 to the current COVID-19 crisis, scientists at the Institut Pasteur have long leveraged their expertise and talent to further knowledge creation and benefit humankind.
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Document de presse | 2024.10.24
Depression: dysfunction of neurons in the amygdala may be behind negative perceptions of the environment
One of the characteristics of depression is a tendency to perceive sensory stimuli and everyday situations in an excessively negative way. But the mechanisms underpinning this "negativity bias," which can fuel the development of depressive symptoms, had previously remained largely unknown. To shed light on the question, scientists from the Institut Pasteur and the CNRS, in collaboration with...
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Document de presse | 2024.10.24
Evaluating the link between chemicals and declining insect populations
Using a library of more than 1,000 agrochemicals, scientists saw significant changes in behaviour and long-term survival of different insect populations.Summary Employing a library of more than 1,000 chemicals, EMBL scientists, in collaboration with the Institut Pasteur, Heidelberg University Hospital and George Washington University, investigated how agrochemicals affect insect populations.The...
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Document de presse | 2024.11.08
The new face of “MAKE IT ICONIC. Choose France”, Professor Yasmine Belkaid embodies French boldness in the Government's international campaign
Professor Yasmine Belkaid, immunologist and President of the Institut Pasteur, has joined the international attractiveness campaign “MAKE IT ICONIC. Choose France*”, which aims to promote France's boldness and spirit of innovation, by showcasing the country's research, expertise, know-how and economic strength.A joint project between the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs’ Press and...
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Document de presse | 2024.11.12
A*STAR IDL and Institut Pasteur unite their expertise to boost infectious diseases research across the asia-pacific region
Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research Infectious Diseases Labs (A*STAR IDL) and France’s Institut Pasteur have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to address the urgent health threats posed by the rise of tropical infectious diseases (ID) in the Asia-Pacific region. Together, this partnership would enable both parties to co-develop innovative technologies with...
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Document de presse | 2025.01.31
IRD, DNDi, Institut Pasteur de Guinée and the Institut Pasteur welcome the WHO validation for the elimination of sleeping sickness in Guinea
Guinea celebrates today the elimination of sleeping sickness (also known as human African trypanosomiasis or HAT) as a public health problem.Despite health crises such as the 2013-2015 Ebola epidemic and the SARS-Cov2 pandemic, combined medical and vector control strategies have enabled Guinea to reach the threshold of eliminating sleeping sickness as a public health problem (less than one case...
