A new study describes an exciting discovery that changes the way we understand human bitter taste receptors. The research has ...

A 2024 study found that dysgeusia (a broad term used to describe distorted taste) is a common symptom that persists for more ...

All vertebrates have taste receptors similar to ours, though not necessarily in the same places. “There are more taste receptors on the whiskers of a large catfish than there are on the tongues ...

Gene editing is removing compounds that make foods like brussels sprouts and blackberries taste bitter. Here’s what that ...

You can still digest it, you still get the calories.” This is thanks to AMY2, a gene expressed in the pancreas: This version ...

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Thanks to our taste buds – little receptor cells on our tongues that help us to taste our food – we can distinguish between ...

This discovery is fascinating because bitter taste receptors are expressed in extra-oral tissues and the new study shows the potential of our cells to sense not only external but also internal ...