The Pasteur Institute celebrated the 130th anniversary of its founding on 14 November, and is in the forefront of medical history for its decisive discoveries.
In 130 years of perseverance, this edifice has allowed many crucial developments in the lives of patients. Here are the three most important discoveries the world owes to it, according to the French newspaper Le Parisien.
In 1894, the Institute identified bacteria responsible for plague, the epidemic responsible for the eradication of tens of millions of lives across the globe.
One of Pasteur's followers, Alexander Jersen, was able to identify the bacteria causing the disease in Hong Kong, a crucial discovery that led to the production of a drug to eradicate the disease.
In 1921 between the two world wars, Albert Kalmit and Kamil Guerin produced the anti-tuberculosis vaccine Kalmit and Guinness (BCG).
| Luc Montaigne and François Parry Snousi Nala Nobel Prize for Medicine 2008 (Getty Images) |
In 1983, when AIDS ravaged millions across the world, the Pasteur Institute team led by scientist Luc Montaigne announced the discovery of the virus causing the epidemic on May 20.
Montaigne received 25 years of Nobel Prize for Medicine with Françoise Bari Snoussi for his work.