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News | 2013.11.27
Clinical trial launched to treat Sanfilippo B syndrome using gene therapy
A phase I/II gene therapy clinical trial for children suffering from Sanfilippo B syndrome, a rare genetic disease, enrolled a first patient in October of this year. The trial is being carried out and coordinated by the Institut Pasteur (the trial’s sponsor), Inserm, AFM-Téléthon and Vaincre les Maladies Lysosomales (VML). It is being conducted at Bicêtre Hospital (AP-HP) in Paris. If the...
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News | 2014.01.16
A new bacterial mechanism for evading the immune system
A team of scientists from the Institut Pasteur, the CNRS and Paris Diderot University has identified a new regulation mechanism that enables a pathogenic bacterium of the Streptococcus genus to rapidly adapt to its host. This study was published on January 16, 2014 in PLoS Pathogens. The mechanism in question enables the bacterium to minimize its exposure to the immune system while maintaining...
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News | 2014.03.10
Inauguration of a Regional Platform of Research on transmissible and emerging infectious diseases in Southeast Asia (PRR-Asia)
Southeast Asia (SEA) is affected by emerging infectious diseases, and emerging outbreaks challenge the medical and scientific communities. The emergence of new diseases or their resistance to anti-microbial drugs in SEA is a complex mechanism which requires more interest on the diseases, on the condition of their emergence and on the diffusion of the causative agents. The study of infection...
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News | 2014.04.01
Join us for the live webcast of the event Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Conversation on Progress
Two years ago, the global community convened in London to hold the most significant international meeting on NTDs in history. The event galvanized major commitments from a diverse set of partners to eliminate or control 10 NTDs by 2020 – these commitments are now known as the London Declaration. On 2 April, this unique group of partners will come together once more to discuss...
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News | 2014.03.05
A renovation for the Institut Pasteur in Madagascar
On March 6th, 2014 the Professor Christian BRECHOT, President of the Institut Pasteur, has inaugurated the Girard renovated building of the Institut Pasteur in Madagascar. This building built in 1935 has been brought up to international standards with fundings from the French Ministry of Research to meet quality and scientific excellence requirement. The Girard building hosts the following units...
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News | 2014.02.18
The Institut Pasteur in Guadeloupe is mobilizing against Chikungunya
The Institut Pasteur in Guadeloupe is mobilizing against Chikungunya through the development of a rapid detection test allowing the Medical Laboratory to bring a diagnosis to patients within five days after blood sample. Involved from the beginning of Chikungunya's epidemic, the Institut Pasteur in French Guiana, with six International Reference Laboratories in Americas Region, showed the...
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News | 2014.02.17
Visit of S.E. Essa Al Haj Al Maidoor, Director-General of the Dubai Health Authority
On February 18th, the Institut Pasteur welcomed the Director-General’s delegation of the Dubai Health Authority (DHA), S.E. Essa Al Haj Al Maidoor. They were received by Pr Christian Brechot, President of the Institut Pasteur, by Dr. Marc Jouan, General Secretary of the Institut Pasteur International Network and the Head of the Molecular Genetics RNA Viruses Unit/CNR influenzae virus, Pr...
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News | 2014.01.29
Designation of a WHO Collaborating Centre for the Surveillance of Anti-malarial Drug Ressistance - Institut Pasteur in French-Guiana
The World Health Organisation has designed the Laboratoire de Parasitologie de l'Institut Pasteur de la Guyane as WHO Collaborating Centre for the Surveillance of Anti-malarial Drug Resistance. Lise Musset and Eric Legrand will act as Heads of this new Centre attached to the WHO Americas Region (AMRO). This designation as a WHO Collaborating Centre (WHOCC) is effective for a period of four...
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News | 2014.01.23
Alejandro Buschiazzo from the Institut Pasteur in Montevideo is the laureat of the 2014 François Jacob’s Prize
Alejandro Buschiazzo awarded the François Jacob’s Prize given by Professor Christian Bréchot, President of the Institut Pasteur on January 24th, 2014. This Award recognizes his work on crystallography, his great commitment in the interface with the Institut Pasteur International Network especially in a leptospirosis' project and the creation of a structural biology network in Latin...
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News | 2014.01.19
Signing of an agreement with Myanmar within the framework of the ECOMORE project
The Institut Pasteur, the Institut Pasteur in Cambodia, the National Health Laboratory (based in Yangon), and the national Health authorities of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar signed a first Technical Collaborative Agreement within the framework of the ECOMORE project (“ECOnomic Development, ECOsystem MOdifications, & Emerging Infectious Diseases Risk Evaluation”). This...
