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2022.03.07
Drosophila are small flies that are widely used as an animal model in scientific research, especially in the field of genetics. But a study published...
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2022.01.17
Antimicrobial resistance remains a major public health issue with repercussions for several infectious diseases. Research on this issue is one of the...
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2022.04.28
How do we track the dynamics of a disease, particularly in terms of its response to vaccines? A study published in Science Translational Medicine provides...
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2022.05.23
Researchers from Institut Pasteur and its partners have demonstrated for the first time the transmission mechanisms of resistance to methicillin, an...
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2022.02.16
Hospitals are on the front line in tackling the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and are highly vulnerable to virus spread. In facilities providing follow-up and...
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2022.07.22
Most bacterial species have a huge variety of strains, and antibiotic resistance, virulence and potential for transmissibility all vary from one to the next...
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2022.11.29
Bacteria are prokaryotes, meaning that they are living organisms with no nucleus. As well as the DNA that enables them to live and develop, bacteria also...
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2023.01.16
Very little is known about what happens when an individual’s genetic makeup doesn’t match their physical sex. This is manifested as a spectrum of conditions...
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2023.04.11
Question science - medicine, from La lettre de l’Institut Pasteur (#120 issue) to be published in May 2023
Our immune system can naturally recognize and...
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2022.09.01
Brain tumors are among the most complex forms of cancer to treat. Glial cells, which support the activity of neurons in the brain, can give rise to a...