NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE September 2023 17 and tools to utilize them together. This is a key development for researchers, as microbiome research has become an increasingly important area of focus in maintaining health, as well as understanding diseases. This is in turn increasingly applicable to pet health specifically. "We're excited to build on the foundation of human microbiome research to bring better nutrition and immune health to companion animals as well," said Dr. Huttenhower. "In the past decade, we've learned quite a bit about the human microbiome that can be applied to pets, and with the OHMR, we hope to expand this and make the reverse true as well. Living with pets is already known to improve immune development in infants, and the OHMR will help us to understand how and why this occurs. Plus, it's especially important to build healthy, microbiome-aware diets for pets." Read more>>
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