The rich research portfolio of the Monell Chemical Senses Center on sweet taste goes way back: Monell scientists were one of four teams in 2001 that found and described the mammalian sweet taste ...

Cryo-EM map of the human sweet taste receptor (blue and green) changing shape as it binds a molecule that tastes sweet (red and green). NEW YORK — Our attraction to sugar has grown to an unhealthy ...

Foods that have a sour taste, which is one of the taste sensations, have a low hydrogen ion index (pH), that is, they are substances with a high concentration of hydrogen ions, and when they come into ...

A recent Nutrients journal study explores the association between polymorphisms in the bitter taste receptor genes, alcohol consumption, and body fat percentage. Study: The Influence of Taste Genes on ...

A bitter taste receptor, TAS2R14, has been shown to respond to both extracellular and intracellular signals. Indeed, it can respond to both signals simultaneously. This finding is especially ...

“Tasting Upside-Down - An Unusual Sensing Mechanism was Found in Human Bitter Sensing” A new study revealed that some bitter molecules target their sensor through binding simultaneously at two ...

The sense of taste is an important sensation that, along with sight, hearing, smell, and touch, constitutes the 'five senses.' Experiencing taste is directly linked to quality of life. This has been ...