1. 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...

2. 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...

3. 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...

4. 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...

5. 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...

6. News | 2018.03.12

   The French Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology pays a visit to the Institut Pasteur

   A delegation from the French Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (OPECST), led by its first Vice-President Cédric Villani, visited the Institut Pasteur in Paris on March 8.This delegation, made up of French MPs Christophe Bouillon, Jean-Luc Fugit and Cédric Villani, and senators from the French upper house Roland Le Gleut, Pierre Médevielle and Angèle Préville, met with Stewart Cole,...

7. Document de presse | 2018.03.16

   Cryptococcal meningitis: validation of new therapeutic regimens

    The Advancing Cryptococcal Meningitis Treatment for Africa (ACTA) trial funded by the Medical Research Council (UK) and ANRS (France) has highlighted the benefits of new therapeutic regimens in the treatment of cryptococcal meningitis, a frequent and severe opportunistic disease in patients living with HIV. In light of these findings, reported in the 15 March 2018 issue of the New England...

8. News | 2018.03.20

   Mamadou Aliou Barry, a lookout against epidemics in Senegal

   Physician and epidemiologist, Mamadou Aliou Barry trained between France, Senegal and Laos. Since January 2015, he coordinates the syndromic sentinel surveillance network at the Institut Pasteur in Dakar. This network enables to detect epidemics of febrile illnesses almost in real time thanks to an early warning system.After high school, his classmates all wanted to do math or exact sciences but...

9. News | 2018.03.22

   Staphylococcus aureus: a new mechanism involved in virulence and antibiotic resistance

   An Institut Pasteur-CNRS research team has characterized a Staphylococcus aureus gene involved in virulence, biofilm formation and resistance to certain antibiotics. These results open up new avenues for understanding the control of S. aureus virulence mechanisms. This work was recently published in the journal PLoS Pathogens.Staphylococcus aureus is part of the natural skin flora, preferentially...

10. News | 2018.04.09

    Avian flu: Cambodian markets under heavy surveillance

    Celebrated every year in mid-April, Bon Chaul Chhnam, the Khmer New Year, is one of the most important festivals in Cambodia. For the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge Virology Unit, it is also a time of intense mobilization. Supported by the Cambodian National Animal Health and Production Research Insititute, the researchers pay frequent visits to the live poultry markets to monitor the circulation...

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