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Study identifies new set of multi-tasking taste cells – News-Medical.net
Our mouths may be home to a newly discovered set of multi-tasking taste cells that-;unlike most known taste cells, which detect individual tastes-;are capable of detecting sour, sweet, bitter and umami stimuli.
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Aug 13 2020
Our mouths may be home to a newly discovered set of multi-tasking taste cells that-;unlike most known taste cells, which detect individual tastes-;are capable of detecting sour, sweet, bitter and umami stimuli. A research team led by Kathryn Medler at the University at Buffalo reports this discovery in a study published 13th August in PLOS Genetics.
Taste buds in the mouth are critical to our survival and help us to decide whether a food is a good …
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