Past studies have shown that the human sweet taste receptor conveys sweet perception in the mouth and may help regulate ...

Nancy Rawson, PhD, a cellular biologist who is the principle investigator said that the new technique of in vitro culturing of taste cells would help them to discover molecules that can enhance or ...

Recent studies with rats began to cast doubt on that idea. Studies have shown that fats were capable of causing electrical changes in taste cells of rats, indicating there was a chemical detection ...

A microscope image of taste buds in a mouse tongue shows taste cells with TRPM4 ion channels highlighted in red. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...

Researchers from Okayama University of Science have identified bitter taste receptors in keratinocytes (skin cells). Previously thought to exist only on the tongue, these receptors detect and ...

The researchers inserted the genes for the 25 subtypes into human kidney cells (an easier feat than working with real taste cells). Each gene included a marker that glowed when the receptors were ...

Both ibuprofen and naproxen potently inhibit hTAS1R2–TAS1R3 receptors that sense sweetness in a dose-dependent manner. The ...

they can sometimes damage healthy oral cells and lead to a metallic taste," Bhuyan says. How to treat it: During your cancer treatment, you can use strategies like sucking on mints to cover up the ...

Back in 2015, researchers found that these taste receptors weren’t just sitting quietly in the skin - they were very much active and doing important work in the outer layer of skin cells.

A team from the Monell Chemical Senses Center and Rutgers University have published a study in the British Journal of ...