On April 16th, 2014 Pr Michel Laurent, President of the Institute of Research for Development (IRD) and Pr Christian Bréchot, President of the Institut Pasteur, signed an amendment to the partnership agreement signed in 2010. This agreement aims to develop joint research projects in regions and communities overseas and in countries in Africa, Mediterranean, Southeast Asia, Latin America and Indian Ocean.

On May 6th, few weeks before the 67th World Health Assembly which will concern some of the priority topics of the Institut Pasteur, the Professor Christian Bréchot, was in Geneva for a working visit. This visit allowed extensive discussions with the Global Fund to Fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and Malaria and the GAVI’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Seth Berkley. 

Des chercheurs viennent de mettre en évidence l’existence d’une immunité mémoire de type inflammatoire que le fœtus développe pendant la grossesse. Ces résultats suggèrent qu’il serait possible de mettre en place une mémoire vaccinale anténatale propre au nourrisson, et d'augmenter ainsi son immunité au cours des premiers mois de vie.

Neisseria meningitidis, ou méningocoque, est une bactérie responsable de méningites et de septicémies¹, dont la forme la plus grave, purpura fulminans, est souvent fatale. Cette bactérie, qui réside naturellement dans le rhinopharynx de l’Homme, est pathogène lorsqu’elle atteint la circulation sanguine.

Des chercheurs de l’Institut Pasteur, du CEA et du CNRS viennent de montrer que l’environnement direct des cellules souches peut avoir une forte influence sur le destin cellulaire de leur descendance. Ainsi, en fonction des tensions exercées sur des cellules souches en division, ils ont observé que ces dernières produisaient préférentiellement deux nouvelles cellules souches, ou bien une cellule souche et une cellule spécialisée, voire deux cellules spécialisées.

Neisseria meningitidis, also called meningococcus, is a bacterium responsible for meningitis and septicemia. Its most serious form, purpura fulminans, is often fatal. This bacterium, which is naturally present in humans in the nasopharynx, is pathogenic if it reaches the blood stream. Scientists have deciphered the molecular events through which meningococci target blood vessels and colonize them. This work opens a path to new therapeutic perspectives for treating vascular problems caused by this type of invasive infection.

Sanofi and the Institut Pasteur are pleased to announce the Sanofi - Institut Pasteur 2014 Awards. These Awards will honor four scientists, whose outstanding research
in the life sciences is contributing to progress in global public health, specifically in the following fields: tropical and neglected diseases, immunology, drug resistance and neurobiology.

Deadline to submit nominations: Friday, 16th May, 2014.

C’est l’aboutissement d’un beau partenariat qui aura duré un an entre l’Institut Pasteur, et AXA Atout Cœur. Lundi 28 avril, Christian Bréchot, directeur général de l’Institut Pasteur et Henri de Castries, président - directeur général du groupe AXA et président d’AXA Atout Cœur, ont inauguré officiellement le séquenceur à haut débit offert à la CIBU (1), en présence de managers d’AXA invités pour l’événement.

Southeast Asia (SEA) is affected by emerging infectious diseases, and emerging outbreaks challenge the medical and scientific communities. The emergence of new diseases or their resistance to anti-microbial drugs in SEA is a complex mechanism which requires more interest on the diseases, on the condition of their emergence and on the diffusion of the causative agents.

The Institut Pasteur in Dakar mobilizes researchers under epidemic hemorrhagic fever raging in Guinea.

To support countries in epidemic situations with the implementation of control measures is one of the missions of the Institut Pasteur and the instituts of its network. Researchers from the Institut Pasteur in Dakar and more specialy the Arboviruses and hemorrhagic fevers viruses WHO Collaborating Research Centre (WHOCC arboviruses) are mobilized to identified help and contain hemorrhagic fever raging in Guinea.