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Report | 2017.09.18
Alzheimer's and Parkinson's – the current state of research
Expectations for a medical breakthrough in treating Alzheimer's and Parkinson's have never been higher. The two most common neurodegenerative disorders affect almost 900,000 and 200,000 people respectively in France – and given the aging population, the numbers affected by these age-related conditions will only continue to rise. By 2020, some 1.3 million individuals could suffer from Alzheimer's...
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News | 2017.09.21
Dr. Richard Njouom laureate of the Dedonder-Clayton Prize 2017
On the occasion of the Scientific Day of the 49th Institut Pasteur International Network Directors’ Council, Prof. Ramata Ly-Bakayoko, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Côte d'Ivoire, Prof. Françoise Barré- Sinoussi and Prof. Christian Bréchot awarded Dr. Richard Njouom with the Dedonder-Clayton 2017 Prize.Head of the virology department at the Pasteur Center in Cameroon, Dr...
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News | 2017.09.21
Third type of membrane envelope in a hyperthermophilic virus
Acidianus hospitalis Filamentous Virus 1 lives in the bubbling pools of acid of Yellowstone National Park. Researchers from the Institut Pasteur and the University of Virginia School of Medicine have unlocked the secrets of its membrane, which appears to be almost indestructible. This lipid envelope is so unusual it constitutes a third and new type of membrane envelope – only two types had been...
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News | 2017.09.22
Two young scientists of the Institut Pasteur in Guadeloupe and Montevideo laureates of the the first "Pasteur International Talent" awards
The scientific day of the 49th Institut Pasteur International Network Directors’ council closed with the presentation of the "Pasteur International Talent" awards by Prof. Christian Bréchot to Drs Anubis Vega Rua and Felipe Trajtenberg. The "Pasteur International Talent" awards, worth € 10,000 each, aims to recognize and support the career development of researchers with high potential...
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Document de presse | 2017.09.19
Usher syndrome: gene therapy restores hearing and balance
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, Inserm, the CNRS, Collège de France, University Pierre et Marie Curie, and University Clermont Auvergne*, have recently restored hearing and balance in a mouse model of Usher syndrome type 1G (USH1G) characterized by profound congenital deafness and vestibular disorders caused by severe dysmorphogenesis of the mechanoelectrical transduction apparatus of the...
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Document de presse | 2017.09.25
Dengue: understanding the mechanisms that prevent the development of symptoms following infection
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur in Paris and the Institut Pasteur in Cambodia, in collaboration with teams from the CNRS and Inria, have demonstrated that asymptomatic dengue infection in children is associated with activation of the immune system via control mechanisms, resulting in the elimination of viral infection without excessive immune activation. This paper, published in the...
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News | 2017.09.26
Report on the 49th Institut Pasteur International Network Directors' Council in Abidjan
The annual Institut Pasteur International Network Directors’s Council closed on Friday 22nd September in Abidjan in the presence of Christian Vigouroux, Chairman of the Institut Pasteur’s Board of Directors. During the 3 days of the meeting, representatives of the 33 member institutes were able to take stock of the main axes of development such as the scientific strategy of the network,...
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News | 2017.09.01
The FioCruz-Pasteur-USP tripartite agreement is bearing fruits
Under the terms of the Tripartite Agreement between the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, the University of Sao Paulo and the Institut Pasteur, the newly created Pasteur / USP Scientific Platform will be launched by the end of 2017. This partnership offers the possibility to develop integrated actions in research, technology and innovation around a scientific strategy that has been defined by the partners...
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News | 2017.09.29
Three projects from the Institut Pasteur in Dakar and Madagascar selected for funding by AESA’s Grand Challenge Africa
The African Academy of Sciences and the NEPAD Agency’s Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA) announced funding for eight African innovators to tackle maternal, neonatal and child health on the Continent. Among them 2 teams from the Institut Pasteur in Dakar and one from the Institut Pasteur in Madagascar were selected from among about 400 applicants from 20 African...
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News | 2017.09.29
Institut Pasteur and Hamad Bin Khalifa University will collaborate on training in the areas of genome research , precision medicine and disease prevention
Today, Pr Christian Bréchot welcomed on the Institut Pasteur’s campus in Paris, Her Excellency Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani, Chairperson of Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Vice-Chairperson and CEO of Qatar Foundation to sign a Memorandum of Understanding. This agreement will allow the two institutions to cooperate in the fields of academics, research, teaching and knowledge sharing...
