Researchers in Tokyo report that adolescents who live with a dog score lower on measures of social and behavioural problems and carry different salivary microbiomes; follow-up mouse experiments using microbes from dog-owning teens produced more social behaviours. Read On…
Researchers reporting in iScience found that adolescents who keep dogs showed higher mental well‑being and distinctive gut bacteria linked to prosocial behavior, according to Dr. Takefumi Kikusui of Azabu University. Read On…
A study from Azabu University published in iScience found that adolescents who live with family dogs show higher mental‑wellbeing, with researchers linking the benefit to changes in the children’s microbiomes. Read On…