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Fiche maladie | 2017.10.11
Plague
Plague is still rife in Africa, Asia and America. It is considered as one of the world's re-emerging diseases and is subject to international regulations. WHO is reporting an increasing number of cases in some regions. During the 20th century, the use of antibiotic treatments and strengthening of public health measures significantly reduced morbidity and mortality from plague but were not able to...
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News | 2018.03.20
Mamadou Aliou Barry, a lookout against epidemics in Senegal
Physician and epidemiologist, Mamadou Aliou Barry trained between France, Senegal and Laos. Since January 2015, he coordinates the syndromic sentinel surveillance network at the Institut Pasteur in Dakar. This network enables to detect epidemics of febrile illnesses almost in real time thanks to an early warning system.After high school, his classmates all wanted to do math or exact sciences but...
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News | 2018.07.02
Daniel Iffla-Osiris, a great 19th-century philanthropist and the Institut Pasteur's most generous donor
The square known as "Place Daniel Iffla-Osiris", at the junction of boulevard Haussmann and boulevard des Italiens in Paris, was officially opened on June 27, 2018. This inauguration is an ideal opportunity to look back on the story of Daniel Iffla-Osiris, one of the greatest philanthropists of the 19th century. At his death in 1907, he left behind the largest legacy ever received by the Institut...
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News | 2018.10.23
The Institut Pasteur de Guinée opens its first laboratory in Conakry
The first laboratory at the Institut Pasteur de Guinée was officially opened on October 22, 2018. Based at Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry, the Pasteur Laboratory will mainly focus on training, diagnostics and research.With the support of the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Expertise France agency, in connection with the LAB-NET program1 a 230m2 space generously...
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Document de presse | 2018.12.21
A novel antibiotic resistance mechanism
Bacteria make use of a number of natural resistance strategies to overcome antibiotics. And it seems that this bacterial toolbox may be much more varied than previously thought. Scientists at the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with Inserm, INRA, the CNRS and the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, have recently revealed an entirely unknown resistance mechanism in Listeria monocytogenes...
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Document de presse | 2019.03.19
Discovery of a crucial immune reaction when solid food is introduced that prevents inflammatory disorders
Microbes colonize all body surfaces and help to balance the immune system. In newborn infants, gut microbiota is first conditioned by breast milk components. When solid food is introduced, gut microbiota develops and bacteria proliferate. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur and Inserm have discovered that a key immune response is generated in mice when solid food is introduced and microbiota...
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Portrait | 2018.10.04
Anna-Bella Failloux, an all-terrain entomologist!
Close to 70 different nationalities work alongside each other on the Institut Pasteur's Paris campus, and Anna-Bella has come all the way from Tahiti. She was born in Papeete, French Polynesia and lived there until the age of 18. This small paradise conjures up idyllic images but it is blighted by mosquitoes. Maybe that is why Anna-Bella became a medical entomologist specializing in mosquito...
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News | 2019.11.08
Gut microbiota: surprising interactions between pathogenic and commensal bacteria
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 and the oral cavity play an important role. The absence of microbiota results in increased exposure to some diseases. Scientists from the Bacteria-Cell Interactions Unit at the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with INRA, Inserm...
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News | 2019.12.11
Anticipating and reacting quickly to outbreaks: a consortium won the Galien MedStartUp award
The Praesens Foundation, the Institut Pasteur, the Institut Pasteur de Dakar, University of Nebraska Medical Center and Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST) announced that the consortium is the winner of the Prix Galien MedStartUp award in the category: 'Best Collaboration Dedicated to the Developing or Underserved Populations Worldwide'. The consortium works together to...
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News | 2021.03.09
Whooping cough: light shed on the entry mechanism of a key Bordetella pertussis virulence factor
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. A consortium including several teams from the Institut Pasteur, CNRS, and Sorbonne University, working closely with the C2RT Proteins Pole technical cores and several SOLEIL and ESRF synchrotron light lines, has examined the entry...