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2020.06.22
Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases are the most widespread forms of neurodegeneration in humans. Each year, 225,000 new cases of Alzheimer's disease are...
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2020.06.16
The Institut Pasteur's Pathogen Discovery Laboratory and the neuropathology laboratory at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital set out to identify pathogens in fatal...
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2020.04.22
Institut Pasteur partner InovAND, the Excellence Center in the Greater Paris region specializing in autism spectrum and neurodevelopmental disorders, is...
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2020.03.17
Does a healthy microbiota lead to a healthy mind? A joint study between the Institut Pasteur, the CNRS and Inserm has revealed the highly specific profile of...
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2020.03.05
The World Health Organization estimates that more than 5% of the world's population – some 466 million people – are affected by disabling hearing loss.
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News
2020.01.01
The Institut Pasteur wishes you all the best for 2020. We would also like to thank the 13 artists who supported our researchers by customizing a lab coat, the...
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2019.12.16
Fabrice Chrétien knew at a very early age that he would become a scientist. He currently heads the Neuropathology Department at Sainte-Anne Hospital in Paris...
News
2019.12.13
Studying synaptic protein assemblies helps us understand the nature of communication between neurons
Researchers at the Institut Pasteur (Paris) recently combined fluorescence imaging, computational modeling, and electron microscopy to show how the diversity...
News
2019.11.07
We now know that neurodegenerative diseases are caused by the aggregation of "misfolded" proteins in the brain. These proteins, which are toxic for neurons,...
Report
2019.10.29
New advanced microscopy techniques open up numerous possibilities, such as observing the mechanisms of living systems to elucidate and combat diseases like...