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Article | 2025.02.20
MD-PhD Program
The Institut Pasteur MD-PhD program is designed to bridge the gap between fundamental, applied research and clinical practice, equipping physicians with the skills needed to tackle the increasingly complex healthcare challenges of today. This program offers opportunities for medical students and doctors to improve patient care and in parallel foster innovation in medical sciences.
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Document de presse | 2014.06.01
Elucidating the pathogenic mechanism of meningococcal meningitis
Neisseria meningitidis, also called meningococcus, is a bacterium responsible for meningitis and septicemia[1]. Its most serious form, purpura fulminans, is often fatal. This bacterium, which is naturally present in humans in the nasopharynx, is pathogenic if it reaches the blood stream. Teams led by Dr. Sandrine Bourdoulous, CNRS senior researcher at the Institut Cochin (CNRS/INSERM/Université...
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Document de presse | 2014.10.13
Human papillomavirus linked to auto-immune disease
Erosive oral lichen planus (OLP) is an auto-immune disease affecting skin and mucous membranes which results in an abnormal immune response against mucocutaneous cells. Today, scientists at the Institut Pasteur, Inserm, Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse) and the CNRS have proven that the immune cells involved in OLP are the same as those activated during an immune response to human...
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Document de presse | 2008.10.07
Distorting sounds for improved hearing
How research into hereditary deafness has revealed the way in which the inner ear distorts sounds A study carried out by researchers from the Institut Pasteur and Inserm, published in the journal Nature, has revealed how the inner ear distorts sounds. This distortion is one of the essential stages in the processing of sound by the ear, before this sound is encoded so that it can be transmitted to...
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Document de presse | 2005.06.14
The embryonic origin of muscle stem cells
Researchers from the CNRS and the Institut Pasteur, members of the European Network of Excellence MYORES report on the embryonic origins of muscle stem cells. These results, published in two Nature papers on June 16th, 2005, lead to a better understanding of the muscle development. Press release Paris, june 15, 2005 Muscle stem cells exist in the embryo and in the...
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Fiche maladie | 2015.10.06
Sepsis / Septicemia
Sepsis is the term used internationally to describe a widespread inflammatory response that occurs as a result of severe infection. Septicemia, the term coined in 1837 by French doctor Pierre Piorry from the Greek words "σήψις" (sêptikós), putrefaction, and "αίμα" (haîma), blood, refers to the presence of bacteria (or fungi or viruses) in the blood. Sepsis primarily affects people with weak...
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Fiche maladie | 2015.10.06
Malaria
Malaria is a disease transmitted by parasites of the genus Plasmodium. According to WHO figures, the disease caused 608,000 deaths worldwide in 2022. For several years now, parasites have been developing resistance to antimalarial drugs and mosquitoes are increasingly less susceptible to insecticides.
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Fiche maladie | 2016.07.08
Staphylococci
Staphylococci are pathogenic bacteria responsible for a broad spectrum of diseases with varying degrees of severity. They are one of the main causes of nosocomial infections (hospital-acquired infections) but can also be acquired outside hospitals. They are part of the natural skin flora, specifically colonizing external mucous membranes, but they are also often found in the environment (in...
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Document de presse | 2016.11.03
Diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: llama antibodies detect cerebral lesions
The major challenge facing physicians treating Alzheimer's is the ability to detect markers of the disease as early as possible. These markers, located in the brain, are difficult to access, hampering diagnosis. Using two types of llama antibody capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier, scientists from the Institut Pasteur, Inserm, the CNRS, the CEA, Pierre & Marie Curie and Paris...
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Document de presse | 2016.09.19
Too much fat rapidly disrupts the balance of the gut microbiota
A destabilizing factor such as a change in diet can disrupt the entire gut microbiota, with possible health consequences. An international study led by the Molecular Microbial Pathogenesis Unit (Institut Pasteur/Inserm), directed by Philippe Sansonetti, has recently demonstrated in mice that a high-fat diet has a direct influence on the gut microbiota and its environment. Bacterial communities...