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Fiche maladie | 2019.02.19
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative disease that mainly affects memory but also has an impact on other cognitive functions, for example those related to language, reasoning and learning. Alzheimer's disease generally leads to a loss of independence. It is one of the leading causes of disability and dependency in elderly people worldwide. There is currently no treatment for Alzheimer's...
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News | 2019.04.10
2017 pneumonic plague outbreak in Madagascar characterized by scientists
Plague is an endemic disease in Madagascar. Each year there is a seasonal upsurge between September and April, especially in the Central Highlands, which stand at an elevation of more than 800m. In 2017, an unprecedented pneumonic plague outbreak hit the main island, primarily affecting the capital Antananarivo and the main port city of Toamasina.Scientists from the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar...
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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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Document de presse | 2019.08.12
Cervical cancer: New test enhances ability to predict risk
The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics and the Institut Pasteur report that a new test enhances ability to predict risk of developing cervical cancer in human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive women. This two-fold test is capable of detecting and determining the type of HPV infection as well as the likelihood of progressing to cancer.Philadelphia, August 12, 2019 – Ninety-nine percent of cervical...
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Portrait | 2019.01.24
Lida Katsimpardi – on the hunt for an elixir of youth
Can we slow down the aging process and rejuvenate an aged brain? Can we repair a brain that has been damaged by neurodegenerative disease? Neuroscience researcher Lida Katsimpardi has been investigating these questions for the past decade. She has discovered that young blood contains proteins capable of rejuvenating an aged brain, and she has identified one of these revitalizing blood factors in...
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Document de presse | 2019.10.03
Dysentery: Shigella, bacteria with adaptation to respiration
Bacillary dysentery caused by the intestinal bacteria Shigella is a major health problem in tropical regions and developing countries. Complications from this infection lead to several hundred thousand deaths a year, primarily among infants. Researchers from Inserm and the Institut Pasteur have studied the mechanisms of Shigella virulence. They found that these bacteria are not only able to...
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News | 2019.10.25
Exhibition in honor of Jules Bordet at the Université libre de Bruxelles
On October 8, 2019, the Université libre de Bruxelles inaugurated an exhibition entitled "100th anniversary of a Nobel Prize – Jules Bordet". Developed in collaboration with the Institut Pasteur, this exhibition pays tribute to Institut Pasteur scientist Jules Bordet, who was awarded the 1919 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on immunity. The exhibition will run until December 21...
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Document de presse | 2019.11.12
Gut microbiota imbalance promotes the onset of colorectal cancer
The gastroenterology team at Henri-Mondor AP-HP Hospital and University Paris-Est Créteil, led by Professor Iradj Sobhani, together with teams from Inserm and the Institut Pasteur Molecular Microbial Pathogenesis Unit (U1202), led by Professor Philippe Sansonetti – holder of the Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Chair at the Collège de France –, have demonstrated that an imbalance in the gut...
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Document de presse | 2019.12.12
Gastric cancer susceptibility marker discovered
Gastric cancer, the third most common cause of cancer-related deaths, is often associated with a poor prognosis because it tends to be diagnosed at an advanced stage and is therefore difficult to treat. To reduce the death rate, it is essential to identify a biomarker enabling early diagnosis of this cancer. In pursuit of this goal, scientists from the Institut Pasteur, CNRS, and University of...
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News | 2020.07.09
Sleeping sickness: one step further in improving diagnosis
The African trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei gambiense is a parasite responsible for chronic Human African Trypanosomiasis, more commonly known as sleeping sickness. Diagnosing sleeping sickness generally involves two stages: serological screening (to search for antibodies against parasites in the bloodstream), followed by the microscopic detection of live parasites in the blood or a lymph node...