1. News | 2019.06.14

   Ceremony for the 2019 Pasteur Vallery-Radot Prize (awarded by the BnF)

   The National Library of France (BnF) has awarded the 2019 Pasteur Vallery-Radot Prize to Institut Pasteur scientists Guillaume Duménil and Rogerio Amino. The winners were invited by BnF President Laurence Engel to receive their awards on June 13, 2019, at a ceremony held in the BnF Richelieu Library and attended by Daniel Louvard, a member of the French Academy of Sciences, and Stewart Cole,...

2. News | 2019.07.12

   Sex-based differences influence chronicity in urinary tract infections

   Research efforts in recent years have highlighted that sex - being a woman or a man - can have a strong influence on how humans and animals respond to many types of infections. Researchers at the Institut Pasteur have identified a sex-based difference in the early immune response to infection in a model of urinary tract infection in female and male animals. Interview "Tête-à-tête" with Molly...

3. Report | 2019.06.17

   At the heart of the brain

   Fifteen researchers from around the world have come to work at Sandrine Etienne-Manneville’s laboratory at the Institut Pasteur. Their brief is to study astrocytes, star-shaped brain cells that support neurons. These cells can become cancerous, causing severe brain tumors known as gliomas, which are the primary cause of childhood cancer mortality ahead of leukemia, with 3,000 new cases diagnosed...

4. News | 2019.06.07

   Fondation IPSEN supports new MOOCs at the Institut Pasteur

   The Foundation IPSEN, an organization committed to promoting scientific knowledge among the general public, has become a new Institut Pasteur sponsor. It will support the production of around 15 new MOOCs and the creation of an online diploma in public health.The Institut Pasteur is a leading producer of MOOCs (massive open online courses) in life sciences and health, with specific content aimed...

5. News | 2019.06.18

   Vaccines: a life insurance for humankind

   France would be more suspicious of vaccines than more than 140 other countries, according to a global survey into how people around the world think and feel about science and major health challenges, published on June 19th, 2019. However, vaccines have made a key, cost-effective contribution to the prolongation of life expectancy and quality. Nowadays, vaccinology and immunology are facing...

6. Fiche maladie | 2019.06.25

   Kaposi’s sarcoma

   Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) is caused by infection with human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8). Although KS can occur independently of HIV/AIDS, it frequently develops in individuals co-infected with HIV and HHV-8. The AIDS epidemic has therefore led to a huge rise in the number of cases of Kaposi’s sarcoma, especially in regions of Africa where HHV-8 is endemic.

7. Fiche maladie | 2019.06.25

   HTLV-I

   HTLV-1 was the first human retrovirus to be discovered – it was isolated in 1980 by Robert Gallo's team in the United States. In 5% of cases, infected individuals go on to develop leukemia or a myeloneuropathy. Ten to twenty million people are infected by the virus worldwide. The major areas of endemic HTLV-1 infection are south-west Japan, the Caribbean, Latin America and tropical Africa.

8. Fiche maladie | 2019.06.25

   Lassa fever

   Lassa fever is an acute viral disease belonging to the category of viral hemorrhagic fevers, similar to Ebola. It is mainly found in West Africa and is caused by the Lassa virus, which is transmitted to humans through contact with infected rodents. Although many cases of infection are asymptomatic, the disease may be severe and potentially fatal.

9. News | 2019.07.01

   Successful second international medical entomology course in Vientiane, Laos

   The second international medical entomology course took place in Vientiane, at the Institut Pasteur du Laos, for two weeks from June 10 to 22, 2019. The course is funded by the Pasteur International Network Association and held on an alternating basis with the Insect Vectors and Transmission of Pathogenic Agents (IVTPA) course at the Institut Pasteur in Paris. The next IVTPA course will take...

10. News | 2019.07.04

    An innovative tool to study psychiatric or infectious diseases

    At the Cap'CARNOT event on June 27, 2019 in Paris, the Pasteur Microbes and Health Carnot Institute, composed of several Institut Pasteur departments and technological platforms, presented a tool based on artificial intelligence that can be used to monitor the behavior of groups of mice in real time and characterize their social interactions. The Cap'CARNOT event on June 27, 2019 in Paris....

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