100th issue of the "Lettre de l'Institut Pasteur"

For its 100th issue, the quarterly newsletter for Institut Pasteur donors – the "Lettre de l'Institut Pasteur" (LIP) – contains a special feature on autoimmune diseases, which currently affect 8% of the French population, making them the country's third most common category of disease (in terms of frequency and severity) after cancer and heart disease. Autoimmune diseases are caused by a deregulation of the immune system, which turns on the organism that it is supposed to be protecting. Although there are treatments to slow down the progression of autoimmune diseases, there is currently no cure.

All the various divisions, departments and units recently received copies of this new issue. Please contact Evelyne Aubin (evelyne.aubin@pasteur.fr) if you require additional copies.