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Document de presse | 2018.02.19
New neurons in the adult brain are involved in sensory learning
Although we have known for several years that the adult brain can produce new neurons, many questions about the properties conferred by these adult-born neurons were left unanswered. What advantages could they offer that could not be offered by the neurons generated shortly after birth? Scientists from the Institut Pasteur and the CNRS have demonstrated that the new neurons produced in adults...
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Document de presse | 2018.02.21
Genetics makes Asians and Europeans susceptible to severe dengue
As globalization and climate change spread tropical infectious diseases around the globe, not all populations have the same degree of susceptibility. Researchers from the Institut Pasteur, CNRS and the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health-University of Porto (i3S) identified gene variants common in people of Asian and European ancestry, making them more prone than those of African...
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News | 2018.02.28
The factors that most affect our immune system
Why do we respond differently to infections or vaccines? Why are some people allergic to pollen? These are still unanswered questions in biological and medical science. The Milieu Intérieur Laboratory of Excellence coordinated at the Institut Pasteur by CNRS research director, Dr. Lluis Quintana-Murci, has recently described immune variation on a large scale within the French population. To...
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Article | 2018.03.06
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News | 2018.03.06
A Global mapping of mosquitoes vectors of Zika virus
In 2013, the Zika virus, an arbovirus transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, emerged in the Pacific Islands. In 2015, the first cases of infection are detected in northwestern Brazil. In just a few months, the virus is spreading throughout the country and in the tropical zone of Latin America, causing an unprecedented epidemic and associated with a large number of neurological disorders (Guillain-Barré...
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Document de presse | 2018.03.12
Genes play a role in empathy
A new study led by scientists from the University of Cambridge, the Institut Pasteur, Paris Diderot University, the CNRS and the genetics company 23andMe suggests that our empathy is not just a result of our education and experience but is also partly influenced by genetic variations. These results will be published in the journal Translational Psychiatry on March 12, 2018.Empathy plays a key...
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Document de presse | 2018.03.13
First Subject Enrolled in Phase I Clinical Trial of its non-opioid analgesic STR-324
The Stragen group announced today the enrollment of the first subject to participate in a Phase I study of STR-324, a first in the class of non-opioid analgesic discovered by the Institut Pasteur. STR-324 is an endogenous peptide with proven efficacy in animal models. This clinical trial is a first-in-human study to assess the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of STR-324...
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News | 2018.03.14
Six institutions members of the Institut Pasteur international network engaged in an international coalition against epidemics in Africa
Today, emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases poses a global health threat that can only be tackled through international collaborative efforts. This is all the more true in the African continent where recent outbreaks have highlighted the need to rapidly implement clinical studies in support of control efforts.To address this challenge, a new clinical research and response network has been...
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Document de presse | 2018.03.15
Zika: an accurate estimation of the neurological risks in unborn children
Thanks to a study conducted in pregnant women and their unborn children during the Zika epidemic in the French territories in the Americas, researchers from Inserm, Institut Pasteur and the University Hospital of Guadeloupe have been able to accurately estimate the risk of severe neurological complications in babies. They have also determined that the first trimester of pregnancy is the period...
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News | 2018.03.09
"Pasteur, the microbe legacy" lecture cycle
The Palais de la découverte is offering a lecture cycle to coincide with the "Pasteur, the Experimenter" exhibition, with scientific advice from Maxime Schwartz, former President of the Institut Pasteur and scientific curator of the exhibition. Note that the exhibition will be held at the Palais de la découverte until August 19, 2018.Louis Pasteur, a qualified chemist, was behind the greatest...
