Pasteur Institute

The Pasteur Institute (French: Institut Pasteur) is a French non-profit private foundation dedicated to the study of biology, microorganisms, diseases and vaccines. It is named after Louis Pasteur, its founder and first director and who, in 1885 had successfully developed the first antirabies serum. It was founded in June 4th, 1887 and inaugurated in November 14th, 1888.

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French - French - Non-profit - Biology - Microorganism - Disease - Vaccine - Louis Pasteur - Antirabies serum - June 4th - 1887 - November 14th - 1888

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For over a century, the Pasteur Institute has been at the forefront of the battle against infectious disease. This worldwide biomedical research organization based in Paris was first to isolate HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, in 1983. Over the years, it has been responsible for breakthrough discoveries that have enabled medical science to control such virulent diseases as diphtheria, tetanus, tuberculosis, poliomyelitis, influenza, yellow fever and plague. Since 1908, eight Pasteur Institute scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine and physiology.

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Infectious disease - Paris - HIV - AIDS - 1983 - Diphtheria - Tetanus - Tuberculosis - Poliomyelitis - Influenza - Yellow fever - Plague - Nobel Prize

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