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Document de presse | 2025.05.29
The plague bacillus became less virulent, prolonging the duration of two major pandemics
Scientists at the Institut Pasteur and McMaster University have discovered that the evolution of a gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, may have prolonged the duration of two major pandemics. They have demonstrated that modifying the copy number of a specific virulence gene increases the length of infection in affected individuals. It is thought that this genetic...
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Article | 2017.01.23
Ceremony for newly graduated students
Since 2013, the Institut Pasteur organizes each year a ceremony for the students who have graduated during the year. This both solemn and festive event is open to all people working on campus and to family and friends of the newly graduated students, as well as representatives of partner organizations.
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Document de presse | 2020.03.19
CEPI collaborates with the Institut Pasteur in a consortium to develop Covid-19 vaccine
Consortium to be led by the Institut Pasteur and will include Themis and the University of Pittsburgh.CEPI to provide initial US$4.9 million for consortium to develop a Covid-19 vaccine candidate based on measles-vector technology.Partnership becomes eighth Covid-19 vaccine development project that CEPI has signed since Jan 23, 2020 OSLO, NORWAY, March 19, 2020 – CEPI, the Coalition for...
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News | 2020.11.26
Presbycusis: ultra-rare genetic mutations responsible for a quarter of cases occurring around the age of 50
Presbycusis, or age-related hearing loss, involves genetic and environmental factors. A genomic analysis can identify gene variants whose pathogenicity subsequently needs to be confirmed. As a general rule, frequent variants have little or very little effect; it is their cumulative impact in several genes that explains the impairment. Ultra-rare variants, on the other hand, have a strong impact...
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News | 2023.03.22
The origins of SARS-CoV-2: the search goes on
Where did SARS-CoV-2 come from? How did this virus enter the human population? These questions still remain unanswered. In June 2022, a group of experts, the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO) commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO), published a report on the origin of coronavirus but was unable to draw a definitive conclusion. Since then, research has...
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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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Article | 2019.06.20
Cancer and microbes
Identifying and combating the risk factors behind tumor development.
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Document de presse | 2020.04.24
Development and evaluation of four serological assays to detect SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and two assays to detect neutralizing antibodies
Approximately four months after the initial description of cases of atypical pneumonia in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, COVID-19 had become a major pandemic threat. By April 12, 2020, around half of the world's population was in lockdown, with 1.8 million officially diagnosed cases. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, the CNRS, Inserm and Université de Paris conducted a pilot study to...
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Fiche maladie | 2022.06.03
Autism
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD). It appears in early childhood (before the age of 36 months) and affects children's developmental areas in different ways and to different degrees. In most cases, its effects impact on autistic individuals' level of independence and social interaction and participation. It is therefore important to diagnose the condition and take action as early as...
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Article | 2016.12.20
Amgen Scholars Program
The Amgen Scholars Program at Institut Pasteur will provide ten undergraduate students from European universities the opportunity to work on supervised research projects during an eight-week summer internship in Institut Pasteur.