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Document de presse | 2023.10.19
Genes fuelling antibiotic resistance in Yemen cholera outbreak uncovered
An international collaborative research effort involving scientists from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the University of Toronto, the Institut Pasteur and Sana'a University has revealed the source of antibiotic resistance that emerged in bacteria driving the cholera outbreak that is currently affecting Yemen. The results of their research, published on September 28, 2023 in the journal Nature...
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Article | 2017.05.11
My PhD at the Institut Pasteur
The Institut Pasteur welcomes PhD students in close partnership with Masters’ programs and Doctoral schools from the Grand Métropole Paris area (Université Paris Cité, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres) and renowned international universities. The Institut Pasteur is committed to high standards of academic, scientific and innovation training, as...
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News | 2024.03.25
Tackling flaviviruses and preparing the European Union for emerging threats
The genus flavivirus includes several human pathogens, such as Zika, dengue, West Nile virus (WNV) and yellow fever virus, which persist as major threats to global public health. Yellow4FLAVI, coordinated by Giovanna Barba-Spaeth, Institut Pasteur, comprises 13 partner institutions and is supported by the European Union with with € 8 million. The aim is to use the 17D yellow fever vaccine as...
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Document de presse | 2024.03.28
Inauguration in Brazil of the Institut Pasteur de São Paulo, member of the Pasteur Network Network
On March 27, 2024, the Institut Pasteur de São Paulo was inaugurated by French President, Emmanuel Macron. As a member of the Pasteur Network, this institute, founded by the Institut Pasteur and the University of São Paulo, conducts international-level research in the field of health biology to further understanding of diseases and their impact on human health, especially in the context of...
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News | 2023.09.05
HIV-AIDS: broadly neutralizing antibodies, stars of the lab
Highly promising, broadly neutralizing antibodies can react with the vast majority of HIV particles to cause their destruction by the body. However, the latter would have to be able to produce equally effective antibodies...
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Document de presse | 2023.02.20
HIV: third case in the world of probable cure after a bone marrow transplant
Forty years after the discovery of HIV in 1983 at the Institut Pasteur, 38.4 million people were living with the virus worldwide in 2021.[1] Only two cases of people being cured had previously been described: the Berlin patient in 2009 and the London patient in 2019. The IciStem consortium, whose members include Asier Sáez-Cirión's team at the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with Düsseldorf...
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Document de presse | 2023.03.29
World Autism Awareness Day: Institut Pasteur working actively with clinicians and the autism community
As we mark World Autism Awareness Day on Sunday April 2, 2023, this year the Institut Pasteur is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the discovery of the first genes associated with autism. In 2003, this discovery offered a new perspective on the neurodevelopmental disorder; today, it highlights what still needs to be done to help those affected by autism. Scientists in international consortia...
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Document de presse | 2014.06.11
Predicting mutations that lead to epidemics
Using the 2005-2006 chikungunya virus epidemic that occurred in the Indian Ocean islands as a study model, researchers at the Pasteur Institute have succeeded in developing an approach that can predict the virus mutations most likely to emerge in the short-term, with strong epidemic potential. This work has strong implications for improving surveillance of ongoing epidemics and the potential to...
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Document de presse | 2013.03.17
Buruli Ulcer: Mechanism Behind Tissue Erosion Revealed
Scientists at the Pasteur Institute in Paris and the CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research), in collaboration with the Universities of Basel (Switzerland) and Cambridge (UK) have identified the mechanism underlying the formation of Buruli ulcers caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium ulcerans. Their discovery opens avenues for the development of novel therapeutic approaches for...
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Document de presse | 2012.01.22
Launching of the Institut Pasteur in Laos
Today, Monday January 23, 2012, in Vientiane the launch of the Institut Pasteur in Laos was officiated by the Lao Minister of Public Health, professor Som Ock Kingsadat and the President of the Institut Pasteur in Paris, professor Alice Dautry. This is the Institut Pasteur International Network’s 32nd institute. The new research center for infectious and parasitic diseases aims to reduce...