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News | 2025.12.18
Winter viruses: viral families, common illnesses and at-risk populations
Several pathogens have adapted to winter conditions and circulate on a seasonal basis in the northern hemisphere. These include seasonal influenza viruses, currently under heightened surveillance; viruses responsible for bronchiolitis in infants; and coronaviruses. Only a handful of the hundreds of respiratory and stomach viruses in circulation cause significant winter epidemics.
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Article | 2025.07.15
Archives
The Archives Division in the Scientific Information Resources Center (CeRIS), set up in 1987 for the Institut Pasteur's centenary, is responsible for collecting, organizing and cataloging the records of the Institut Pasteur's administrative and scientific departments. More than 300 archive collections are currently available to scientists and historians. They cover the period from the time of...
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Document de presse | 2025.12.22
Building a better vaccine: Study is first to ID expanded, role of flu antibodies in preventing transmission
Findings suggest future vaccines use natural antibodies to target both infection and spread.Today’s influenza vaccines primarily prevent infection in individuals, but new research led by the University of Michigan and the Institut Pasteur suggests that incorporating antibodies generated after infection could lead to more powerful vaccines by also reducing person-to-person transmission.The...
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Article | 2019.06.14
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Vidéo | 2025.12.29
Meningitis: the travel in 3D
Diving inside an infected blood vessel.In this exclusive video, we take a 3D trip into the heart of a blood vessel attacked by a dangerous bacterium: meningococcus. This bacterium is carried by 5 to 10% of the population, often without any symptoms. But sometimes it crosses a key barrier, enters the bloodstream, and causes serious infections such as meningitis or septic shock.Guillaume Dumenil, a...
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News | 2025.05.08
Avian influenza: a global epidemic under surveillance
An avian influenza outbreak is currently circulating among birds, and sometimes also among farm mammals. What exactly do we know about this disease? What measures are being taken to contain it? What is the Institut Pasteur doing? Read on to find out more.
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Fiche maladie | 2015.10.06
Avian influenza
The term avian influenza actually refers to several entities. First, it indicates infection with an influenza type A virus in birds. This infection can take various forms. Certain viruses are responsible for outbreaks in domestic poultry, with a very high fatality rate. These episodes, previously identified as "fowl plague," are now known as avian influenza (or "bird flu"). Human infection with a...
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Vidéo | 2025.12.29
Questions for researchers
And you, if you could ask the Institut Pasteur ONE question, what would it be? We went to meet you:How is a lab at the Institut Pasteur organized?What diseases are researchers working on?Can you make a living from research?Can artificial intelligence help create vaccines?And soon, a treatment for cancer or HIV?Direct, spontaneous questions... Answers from researchers at the Institut Pasteur in...
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Vidéo | 2026.01.05
One lab, one team
Inside a real research laboratory!“How is a laboratory at the Pasteur Institute organized?”That's the question we were asked during our street interview...Mélanie Hamon, a researcher at the Institut Pasteur, and her entire team give you a glimpse into their daily lives in the laboratory:Leading research, training doctoral students, collaborating with other teams, preparing samples, managing the...
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News | 2026.01.08
Alzheimer's: Better Understanding a Key Receptor to Stop Early Symptoms
Researchers at the Institut Pasteur reveal how a brain receptor called nicotinic α7 plays a central role in neuronal communication disorders at the onset of Alzheimer's disease. This breakthrough paves the way for new targeted therapies to slow the onset of dementia.
