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Document de presse | 2022.04.20
When severe infection causes long-term mood disorders: A promising avenue to prevent mental illness following a transient infection
The brain is able to detect and regulate localized or systemic inflammation by using two communication pathways. The first, humoral, makes use of specific brain structures that enable circulating inflammatory mediators to enter the brain. The second, neural, involves nerves whose sensory afferents transmit the inflammatory signal detected at local level. The vagus nerve therefore uses identified...
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Document de presse | 2022.07.21
SARS-CoV-2 hijacks nanotubes between neurons to infect them
COVID-19 often leads to neurological symptoms, such as a loss of taste or smell, or cognitive impairments (including memory loss and concentration difficulties), both during the acute phase of the disease and over the long term with "long COVID" syndrome. But the way in which the infection reaches the brain was previously unknown. Scientists from Institut Pasteur and CNRS laboratories have used...
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CNR/CCOMS | 2019.11.07
Legal Documents CRBIP
For humanCSPCode de la santé publique, articles L 1121-1 et suivants (loi) et R 1121-1 et suivants (règlements). - Noter : sur Légifrance, visualiser le texte du CSP en vérifiant la date de vigueur (« texte en vigueur à (telle date) ») qui peut être modifiée pour voir l'état du droit à telle date passée ou à venir.(Noter : Lorsqu'elle est « codifiée », i.e. tronsformée en articles d'un code - ici...
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News | 2023.02.28
Health crises, information crises: exploring the roots of the term "infodemic"
How do the epidemiological and media dimensions of a health crisis fit together? How is the spread of a virus linked to the spread of information about it? Several scientists, communication experts and ethics specialists came together to explore these questions at a conference held at the Institut Pasteur in December.
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Fiche maladie | 2015.10.06
Sepsis / Septicemia
Sepsis is the term used internationally to describe a widespread inflammatory response that occurs as a result of severe infection. Septicemia, the term coined in 1837 by French doctor Pierre Piorry from the Greek words "σήψις" (sêptikós), putrefaction, and "αίμα" (haîma), blood, refers to the presence of bacteria (or fungi or viruses) in the blood. Sepsis primarily affects people with weak...
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News | 2022.07.09
Conversation: capacity building to prepare for the future
Institut Pasteur Senior Executive Scientific Vice-President Christophe d'Enfert provides a brief, cross-disciplinary overview of 2021 covering capacity building, enhanced partnerships and future technologies.
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News | 2024.05.15
The untapped potential of cycling for public health and the climate
A national study has revealed that cycling benefits health, the economy and the climate in France. The findings show that cycling can prevent nearly 2,000 deaths each year and that every kilometer cycled saves €1 in medical costs. The unprecedented study was conducted by researchers in the joint CNAM-Institut Pasteur PACRI unit, in collaboration with the CNRS.
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News | 2022.08.05
Our own RNA triggers an immune response to viral infections
An immune receptor normally known for identifying viral RNA is also capable of binding to cellular RNA to induce immune defenses. This mechanism could trigger immunity against viruses before they become detectable.
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Fiche maladie | 2015.10.06
Whooping cough (pertussis)
Whooping cough, long thought of as a childhood illness, can be severe at any age. This bacterial infection is particularly dangerous, and sometimes even fatal, for unvaccinated or partially vaccinated infants and at-risk individuals such as pregnant women and elderly people.
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Document de presse | 2022.07.13
Light shed on SARS-CoV-2 replication in bat cells
Bats are reservoir species for numerous viruses including coronaviruses. Given that they do not appear to be affected by diseases transmitted by these viruses, there is potential benefit in understanding how their immune system regulates infection. Scientists at the Institut Pasteur and the CNRS studied SARS-CoV-2 replication in bat cells, which involved using real-time imaging techniques for the...
