All Wageningen University articles
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Shaping dairy farm vaccination decisions: social pressure and vet influence
A new study has identified key factors influencing vaccination intentions among Israeli dairy farmers, highlighting the impact of social pressure and need for improved communication between veterinarians and farmers to optimize voluntary vaccination programs.
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Scientists unveil evidence for new groups of methane-producing organisms
A team of scientists has provided the first experimental evidence that two new groups of microbes thriving in thermal features in Yellowstone National Park produce methane.
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Study reveals role of fathers in seeding the microbiota of newborns
A new paper shows the important contributions that fathers make to the composition of microbes colonizing a baby’s gut, and confirms that maternal fecal microbiota transfer (FMT) in babies born by C-section can help to correct microbiota disturbances.
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Mobile teams bring COVID-19 vaccines to rural villages in Sierra Leone
A new international research project showed that intervention with mobile vaccination teams in Sierra Leone is an effective way of reaching rural populations to increase vaccination uptake.
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€20 million EIB venture debt financing to support microbiome research and development
The EIB has signed €20 million in venture debt financing with Belgian microbiome health company The Akkermansia Company to accelerate the R&D and commercial activities around the Akkermansia muciniphila bacterium.
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Complex life descended from common Asgardian ancestor
Researchers analyzing the genomes of hundreds of different archaea have discovered that eukaryotes trace their roots to a common Asgard archaean ancestor.