Research indicates smoking’s prolonged influence on immunity, linked to epigenetic changes, persists even after quitting. Like other factors such as age, sex, and genetics, smoking…
A groundbreaking study reveals that SARS-CoV-2 can linger in the lungs for months, eluding detection and potentially leading to long COVID, due to failures in…
A team of researchers from the Institut Pasteur utilized the National Reference Center for Meningococci’s database to analyze the progression of invasive meningococcal disease in…
Researchers have identified “Post-treatment controllers” in HIV-1 carriers who can manage the virus after stopping treatment. A specific antibody, EPTC112, plays a crucial role in…
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the range of clinical outcomes for individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 varied widely, from showing no symptoms to succumbing to the disease….
The emergence of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strains of Shigella sonnei has been detected by scientists at the Institut Pasteur’s French National Reference Center for Escherichia…
Cells undergoing cell death protect their neighbors to maintain tissue integrity. To enable tissue renewal, human tissues constantly eliminate millions of cells, without jeopardizing tissue…
As well as sequencing the whole genome of coronavirus 2019-nCoV, the Institut Pasteur continued to work on the samples taken from the first confirmed cases….
On January 24, 2020, the French Ministry of Health confirmed the first three cases of patients affected by the Wuhan coronavirus. On January 29, 2020,…
A newly published study reports on fourteen adult patients in long-term functional remission of HIV seven years after being taken off early antiretroviral treatment. The…