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News | 2018.07.04
A modular gene enhancer plays a role in leukemia
Every day, the bone marrow generates billions of new blood cells. This process, known as hematopoiesis, consists of a series of stages by which hematopoietic stem cells produce red blood cells, macrophages, lymphocytes, etc. The MYC gene and the mechanisms that regulate its expression play a major role in these various stages, but they are also involved in several types of leukemia as a result of...
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Document de presse | 2018.07.09
The sea anemone, an animal that hides its complexity well
Despite its apparent simplicity – a tube-like body topped with tentacles –, the sea anemone is actually a highly complex creature. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with the CNRS and the Weizmann Institute of Science, have just discovered over a hundred different cell types in this small marine invertebrate as well as incredible neuronal diversity. This surprising...
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Article | 2018.07.12
MOOC HIV SCIENCE
HIV infection remains an outstanding global health issue despite the dramatic progress made over the past 35 years in developing and giving access to prevention and treatment tools. There are still 2 million new infections and 1 million deaths every year. Half of the 37 million people living with HIV do not have access to life-saving antiretroviral treatments. Although these molecules are...
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Document de presse | 2018.07.12
Titan Krios gives the Institut Pasteur a closer look at life
The Institut Pasteur's new Titan Krios™ (Thermo Scientific™ Krios™ Cryo-TEM), from Thermo Fisher Scientific is an industry-leading electron microscope with advanced capabilities. It was officially unveiled today, July 12, 2018. With the Titan Krios™, biological structures and phenomena such as viruses, cell components and protein complexes can be visualized with an unprecedented level of detail....
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News | 2018.07.16
Can we make human plague history?
An international workshop to identify research priorities to improve human plague control.For most of the people living in high-income countries, plague is a disease that belongs to the middle-age. But the reality is that for the past 30 years, WHO has reported a continuously increasing number of human cases of plague and the disease is considered as “re-emergent” on different continents.In...
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Document de presse | 2018.07.25
Benefits of early antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected children
The initial findings of the ANRS CLEAC[1] study[2] coordinated by Pierre Frange (Hôpital Necker – AP-HP), help define the immunological and virological benefits of early antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected children living in France. The results of this study will be presented by Florence Buseyne (Oncogenic Virus Epidemiology & Pathophysiology Team - Institut Pasteur) this Wednesday, 25...
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Report | 2018.07.27
Ebola, plague, cholera, SARS… Emerging pathogens, an unpredictable threat
One hundred years after the deadliest influenza pandemic in history – the Spanish Flu of 1918 –, emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases continue to represent a major threat to public health worldwide. As the international Emerging Infections and Pandemic Risk conference was held at the Institut Pasteur on June 21 and 22, the recent Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo came...
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Document de presse | 2018.08.22
Chronic malnutrition in children: a new gut microbial signature
Chronic malnutrition, usually associated with an inflammation of the small intestine, affects one in every four children under the age of five. It is the leading cause of child mortality in low-income countries and is also responsible for severe stunting. The Afribiota project, led by the Institut Pasteur in Paris, the Institut Pasteur in Madagascar and the Institut Pasteur in Bangui, in...
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News | 2018.09.05
Meriem Ben Ali : a better diagnosis for immune deficiencies in Tunisia
Primary immunodeficiencies cause immune system anomalies in those affected, preventing an optimal defense against pathogens. These diseases linked to genetic anomalies are especially common in Tunisia owing to a high rate of consanguinity. Facing up with these pathologies, Dr. Meriem Ben Ali conducts research in the Transmission, Control and Immunobiology of Infections Laboratory of the Institut...
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Document de presse | 2018.09.05
Genetic control of human thymic function : a needle in an haystack
A study conducted by a group of researchers from Paris Diderot University, Inserm and the Institut Pasteur reveals the existence of a genetic factor influencing the function of the human thymus. The results of the study, part of the Laboratories of Excellence project Milieu Intérieur coordinated by the Institut Pasteur, are published in the journal Science Translational Medicine on September 5,...
