1. 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...

  2. 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...

  3. 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...

  4. 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...

  5. Document de presse | 2007.02.21

    Aquatic Predator Insect Saliva May Protect Against Buruli Ulcer

    Buruli ulcer is a necrotizing skin disease that is very disabling, caused by bacteria that inhabit aquatic environment. It is rife in several regions of the world and is developing at a disturbing rate in West Africa. Researchers at the Institut Pasteur and Inserm, working together with university and institute teams from the Institut Pasteur International Network, recently proved that the...

  6. Document de presse | 2008.10.05

    Nobel Prize in Medicine 2008 awarded to Professors Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier

    The Nobel Prize in Medicine 2008 has been awarded to Professors Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier for their discovery of the human immunodeficiency (AIDS) virus in 1983 at the Institut Pasteur, and to Prof. Harald zur Hausen for his discovery of the human papillomavirus, which is responsible for cervical cancer.  Press releaseParis, october 6, 2008  “Twenty five...

  7. Document de presse | 2008.10.13

    A new mechanism of resistance to dengue virus

    It is becoming increasingly common to see individuals infected by the dengue virus who develop an ultimately fatal hemorrhagic syndrome, particularly in children during epidemics.  However, in most cases, dengue remains a generally benign or even asymptomatic viral infection.  One explanation for this phenomenon has just been put forward by researchers from CNRS , Institut Pasteur ,...

  8. Document de presse | 2010.01.17

    Accor and the Institut Pasteur commit to preventing emerging diseases

    The Institut Pasteur and Accor announce the implementation of an innovative partnership for health information and prevention aimed at travellers. "As guests of the Earth, we welcome the world” Since 2006, the social commitment of the 4000 hotels and 150,000 Accor employees has revolved around the "Earth Guest" programme, based on eight action centres, one of which being the...

  9. Document de presse | 2010.01.18

    The life and death of neurons: how a virus can control everything

    Researchers at the Institut Pasteur and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) have just discovered that the rabies virus expresses in one of its proteins a key region which enables the human neurons that it infects to survive, and this is an essential condition for the virus to spread in the organism. By identifying the mechanisms which regulate whether the neuron survives or...

  10. Document de presse | 2010.10.04

    Malaria: a theory disproved – the parasite can develop and persist in the skin

    Scientists from the Institut Pasteur have demonstrated in rodents that, contrary to long-held belief, the malaria parasite is able to develop and produce infectious forms not only in the liver but also in the skin. This discovery proves that the skin is not merely a transitional site for the parasites on their way to the liver, but a site where the parasites can actually develop and even persist...

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