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Document de presse | 2018.10.04
Smoking cessation: a genetic mutation involved in relapse
Why is it so difficult to stop smoking? Why do some people relapse months after giving up? Scientists from the Institut Pasteur and the CNRS, in collaboration with Sorbonne University and Inserm, have demonstrated that a genetic mutation already known to be involved in sensitivity to nicotine also plays a role in relapse behavior after cessation in rats. The findings were published in the journal...
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Article | 2019.04.24
Dr Amy Kristine Bei to head a new 4-year research group on malaria in Dakar
A new 4-year research group (G4) is being set-up at the Institut Pasteur de Dakar and started in early February following the agreement signed between the Institut Pasteur and AUF (Agence universitaire de la francophonie) on 31 January 2019, in collaboration with the Yale School of Public Health. Entitled « Malaria Experimental Genetic Approaches and Vaccines », it will be led by...
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Document de presse | 2020.05.26
MV-SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate: a new partnership between Institut Pasteur, CEPI, Thémis and MSD
Institut Pasteur announces recent advances in the development of one of its candidate vaccines, MV-SARS-CoV-2, using the measles vector, as part of a renewed partnership with CEPI and the companies Thémis and MSD.With over 100 vaccine projects in development worldwide, the development of a vaccine against SARS CoV-2 infection remains a challenge, with many scientific uncertainties ahead. The...
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News | 2020.07.27
"Mental anchorpoints" used by musicians to identify pitch
How do we recognize pitch? An observational study carried out by the Institut Pasteur with the support of the French Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music (SACEM), involving interviews with nearly 70 musicians (music students and professionals), addressed this question and found some initial answers. Musicians recognize pitch by drawing on three mental sensory modalities (auditory...
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Document de presse | 2020.09.21
Cocaine addiction : impact of genetic mutations elucidated
Cocaine addiction is a chronic disorder with a high rate of relapse for which no effective treatment is currently available. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, the CNRS, Inserm and the Paris Public Hospital Network (AP-HP) recently demonstrated that two gene mutations involved in the conformation of nicotinic receptors in the brain appear to play a role in various aspects of cocaine addiction...
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Document de presse | 2023.12.14
Working together against deadly Marburg virus
International research consortium receives highly endowed Horizon Europe funding for the development of vaccines against Marburg viruses.The multidisciplinary European consortium MARVAX will receive 7.4 million euros over the next four years for the research and development of vaccines against Marburg viruses. Researchers from France, Spain and Germany will develop novel vaccine candidates, which...
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News | 2021.11.24
During DNA repair, a protein regulates homology search by reorganizing the genome
Homologous recombination is one of the major pathways for repairing broken DNA. A study by scientists from the Institut Pasteur and ENS Lyon shows how a protein known as cohesin reorganizes the genome into loops to enable this process.
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Document de presse | 2015.05.25
Kurma Partners announces the launch of its third fund Kurma Diagnostics (KDx)
The European Investment Fund (EIF), Fonds National d’Amorçage (FNA) managed by Bpifrance as part of the French government’s Investments for the future (“Investissements d’Avenir”) program, Institut Pasteur, and BNP Paribas are participating in the first closing (€33M). Press release Paris, May 26, 2015 Kurma Diagnostics: the first Venture Capital...
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Document de presse | 2014.06.18
Can injuries to the skin be painless?
When the body receives an injury to the skin, a signal is sent to the brain, which generates a sensation of pain. Teams led by Priscille Brodin in Lille[1] and Laurent Marsollier in Angers[2] have studied lesions in patients with Buruli ulcer, a tropical disease. In an article published in the journal Cell, they show that, despite the extent and severity of these wounds, they are less painful...
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News | 2016.04.28
Discovery of the mechanism used to coordinate replication of the two Vibrio cholerae chromosomes
Bacterial genomes generally contain a single chromosome and one or more extrachromosal elements such as plasmids. The initiation of bacterial chromosome replication must be carefully checked to ensure that chromosome duplication occurs only once per cell cycle. The bacterial pathogen responsible for cholera epidemics, Vibrio cholerae, is distinctive in that it has two chromosomes. The teams led...