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Article | 2017.03.30
MOOC Innate Immunity - Institut Pasteur
As the cradle of immunology with Elie Metchnikoff, the Institut Pasteur has decided to create a MOOC in this field, dedicated to innate immunity. Its bases were established by Elie Metchnikoff, when he discovered the mechanism of phagocytosis.
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Article | 2017.03.31
MOOC Global Health at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface
The MOOC entitled "Global health at the human-animal-ecosystem interface", jointly produced by the University of Geneva, the Virchow-Villermé Center, the University of Montreal and the Institut Pasteur with its International Network, opened for registration on March 21.
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News | 2017.04.04
Arthropod-borne viruses in the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions: a global picture
Viruses transmitted by arthopods such as mosquitoes and ticks are a growing global public health concern. The Mediterranean and Black Sea regions are not spared, as outbreaks of West Nile virus are periodically reported and cases of Rift Valley Fever, including humans, have already been identified. Thus, understanding the potential for future (re)emergence in these regions if of utmost importance...
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Document de presse | 2017.03.31
A new approach for improving BCG
Scientists at the Institut Pasteur and their partners in the international TBVAC2020 consortium have just developed a tuberculosis vaccine candidate derived from conventional BCG. This vaccine candidate has higher efficacy, due to a heterologous system of protein secretion that increases the quality and magnitude of the immune responses to virulent strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis – the...
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Question Réponse | 2017.05.11
Why should I contact a notary to draw up my will?
Notaries are high-level legal experts in family law. They provide good advice on drawing up a will. They take into account your assets and your family situation, and make sure your will fully reflects your wishes.
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News | 2017.04.24
Tracking down resistance antimalarials in Cambodia
The malaria molecular epidemiology unit at the Institut Pasteur in Cambodia is interested in the resistance of the malaria pathogens to the drugs currently in use, in particular to the molecular markers making to identify this resistance. Researchers working in this unit have contributed to the identification of a marker associated with resistance to artemisinin in 2014 and one associated with...
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News | 2017.04.25
Long-awaited determination of the 3D structure of a human transporter
Nicolas Reyes' team has successfully stabilized and determined the first nearly-atomic resolution structure of a human excitatory neurotransmitter transporter, a key component of the synaptic machinery in the brain. This historic study provides hope for potential pharmacological solutions that could selectively modulate these transporters and thereby control the concentration of glutamate – one...
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News | 2017.05.09
The Zika virus modifies the morphology of the cells and makes them implode
Researchers at the Institut Pasteur (Paris) and Inserm* have successfully filmed the infection of human cells by the Zika virus, using video microscopy. Significant morphological changes to the cell were observed, whereas the cytopathic effects of the Zika virus were hitherto poorly characterized. This allows the virus to multiply before the cell implodes.*This work was supported by grants from...
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News | 2017.05.10
Institut Pasteur in Cambodia: Tineke Cantaert awarded with a prestigious International Research scholarship
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has teamed up with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Wellcome Trust, and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation to develop scientific talent around the world. Tineke Cantaert, a researcher working at the Institut Pasteur in Cambodia is among the 41 international young researchers laureates of a scholarship awarded by a group of philanthropies....
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Document de presse | 2017.05.05
The migration history of Bantu-speaking people: genomics reveals the benefits of admixture and sheds new light on slave trade
During a wave of expansion that began 4,000 to 5,000 years ago, Bantu-speaking populations – today some 310 million people – gradually left their original homeland of West-Central Africa and traveled to the eastern and southern regions of the continent. Using data from a vast genomic analysis of more than 2,000 samples taken from individuals in 57 populations throughout Sub-Saharan Africa,...
