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News | 2018.01.11
Frédéric Tangy, expert from the Institut Pasteur, talks about vaccines of today and tomorrow
In 2017, vaccinology expert Frédéric Tangy was recognized by the Institut Pasteur for his work on the Measles Platform and was elected as a member of the US National Academy of Inventors. As the Institut Pasteur enters its 130th year – it will be celebrating its 130th anniversary on November 14, 2018 – it seemed like a good opportunity to ask the scientist to tell us a little more about his...
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Page avancée | 2018.01.16
2017 Thesis and Ceremony
2017 Thesis and Ceremony
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News | 2018.01.19
Proof-of-concept study reveals feasibility of eliminating rabies in Africa
The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, together with European and African collaborators (including the Institut Pasteur in Paris), carried out a mass dog vaccination in Chad and determined its effect on human rabies exposure. The study employed a bio-mathematical method for estimating the transmission dynamics of rabies. The researchers conclude that with political will and the necessary...
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Report | 2018.01.22
Cholera: a public health threat that still causes devastating outbreaks
Nearly a million people are currently suffering from cholera in Yemen, a worrying reminder that cholera remains a topical issue and a serious and fatal illness. Often thought of as an ancient disease, cholera is an acute intestinal infection caused by the Vibrio cholerae bacterium. Since the early 19th century, there have been seven cholera pandemics around the globe, resulting in millions of...
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News | 2018.01.23
Neurobiologist Jean-Pierre Changeux tells us the story of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
As the Institut Pasteur prepares to celebrate its 130th anniversary on November 14, 2018, we talk to Jean-Pierre Changeux about the discovery of this ion channel-linked neuroreceptor that revolutionized neuroscience. On February, the researcher publishes a paper in Trends in Neuroscience providing an account of how this receptor's ion channel was structurally identified.The nicotinic...
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Document de presse | 2018.01.26
Olivier Schwartz appointed as Scientific Director of the Institut Pasteur
Professor Olivier Schwartz has been appointed as Scientific Director of the Institut Pasteur on a proposal from the President, Professor Stewart Cole, and following a decision by the Institut Pasteur Board of Directors. He will take office on February 15, 2018. The Institut Pasteur is pleased to announce that Professor Olivier Schwartz has been appointed as its Scientific Director. This...
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Report | 2018.01.29
Salmonella outbreak: Institut Pasteur raises the alarm
The French National Reference Center (CNR) for Salmonella, based at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, is in charge of microbiological surveillance of cases of human Salmonella infection. In late November 2017, it was this CNR that alerted the authorities to the excessive number of salmonellosis cases in infants, prompting action to tackle the outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to powdered baby...
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Article | 2018.01.30
A program concerning the Hand-Foot-And-Mouth disease in South East Asia
The infection called "hand, foot and mouth" (HFMD) is a viral disease that mainly affects children under 5 years. It is transmitted by direct contact between infected children and is characterized by fever, mouth sores and blisters on the hands, feet and buttocks. To date, there is no specific treatment for this disease. A global approach is being developed in Southeast Asia to define...
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News | 2018.01.30
Quiescent cells also mutate!
For almost a hundred years, geneticists have believed that the more a cell divides the more mutations it acquires. However, research by scientists at the Institut Pasteur shows that quiescent cells, which do not divide, also acquire a particular type of mutation – deletions (mutations through loss of nucleobases).Geneticists study heredity or the transmission of characters between generations....
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News | 2018.02.14
High incidence of neonatal infections in Madagascar
Every year in the world, 4 million children die before the age of one, mainly in resource-limited countries, one-third of them due to a severe infection. The neonatal period alone (first month of life) accounts for one third of deaths before the age of one. This situation is all the more complex in a context of ever-increasing emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. In 2012, the Institut...
