molecular biology
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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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2023.02.06
Our intestine contains hundreds of billions of bacteria: this is the gut microbiota. Ilya Mechnikov had proposed that an imbalance between the different...
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2023.02.20
The availability of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and the first antiviral drugs at the end of 2020 led to a reduction in the number of infections and the severity of...
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2023.05.04
As the summer season approaches, the question of the effects of climate on pathogen transmission by mosquitoes inevitably arises. Scientists therefore...
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2022.07.22
An article published in the New England Journal of Medicine in March 2022 proposed an innovative treatment approach for cryptococcal meningitis. The new...
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2023.07.10
This article is the second in a series devoted to the hopes of HIV-AIDS research, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the identification of the virus...
Portrait
2024.03.05
When Carla Saleh arrived in France from Argentina aged 25 as a young scientist, she didn't speak a word of French. She now leads her own research unit at the...
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2024.02.07
Bacteria have a fundamental need for certain rare nutrients such as metals, vitamins and certain sugars. Without these nutrients, the bacterium is deficient...
Portrait
2024.01.15
"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood." These words from Marie Curie neatly sum up the philosophy and career of Sarah Dellière. She is...
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2024.01.05
On the occasion of the new year, the Institut Pasteur gave Marguerite Bornhauser free rein to encapsulate in pictures her...