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Document de presse | 2005.04.13
The art of camouflaging the parasite responsible for malaria
Researchers from the Institut Pasteur and the CNRS have brought to light the unique mechanisms that allow the parasite responsible for malaria to fool the immune system of those it infects. In collaboration with researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research of Melbourne, they showed in two articles published in Cell that the parasite is capable of changing the...
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Document de presse | 2005.01.10
SouthEast Asia: Institut Pasteur Mobilizes
In response to the risk of epidemics in the regions affected by the disaster, the Institut Pasteur, which is engaged in the battle against infectious diseases on a daily basis, has mobilized. The expert in charge of the Institut Pasteur Emergency Cell for Biological intervention (CIBU) is currently on a mission in Sri Lanka to participate in evaluating the risk of epidemics in this region. At the...
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Document de presse | 2004.09.21
Stem Cells and Skeletar Muscle: a Pagadigme Revised
Two groups at the Institut Pasteur in association with the CNRS (French National Scientific Research Centre) have called into question a 10-year-old paradigm by showing that three genetic factors, and not two as commonly believed, determine skeletal muscle identity from stem cells. This work, published on September 23rd in Nature, changes our view of the determination of muscle cells, and of the...
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Document de presse | 2004.03.14
A new step towards using neural stem celles to repair the brain
A team from the Institut Pasteur associated with the CNRS has just identified a key molecule in the brain capable of attracting new neurons and guiding them towards areas that they could repair. This discovery, previewed on the site Nature Neuroscience (http://www.nature.com/neuro/), brings to the fore a molecule essential for the organization of neuronal circuits in adults. This introduces...