toxins
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2021.05.12
Inserm teams led by Laurent Reber (Infinity, Toulouse) and Pierre Bruhns (Humoral Immunity, Institut Pasteur, Paris) and French company NEOVACS have developed...
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2021.03.09
Bordetella pertussis is the agent responsible for whooping cough, a disease that is currently on the rise. In particular, the bacterium produces the CyaA toxin...
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2019.11.08
In achieving a state of equilibrium in the body, the billions of microbes that form assemblies known as microbiota at various sites including the gut, the skin...
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2019.09.06
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur are investigating CyaA, one of the major toxins of Bordetella pertussis. This bacterium is responsible for whooping cough...
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2019.05.06
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) can be responsible for severe cases of foodborne infection. In 10% of infected individuals, the spread of Shiga...
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2018.01.23
As the Institut Pasteur prepares to celebrate its 130th anniversary on November 14, 2018, we talk to Jean-Pierre Changeux about the discovery of this ion...
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2017.10.09
Swiss-born Alexandre Yersin joined the Institut Pasteur in 1885 aged just 22 and worked under Émile Roux. He discovered the plague bacillus in Hong Kong. A...
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2016.05.19
Although several Listeria strains can cause listeriosis, some are particularly virulent. This is because they secrete a toxin that damages the intestinal...