On May 14, 2024, a Reddit user posted a screenshot of a social preview for an article claiming men have taste receptors on their testicles. The article's headline read: "Men Are Dipping Their Balls ...

PHILADELPHIA (May 16, 2024) – 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 ...

Illustration of bitter taste receptor function in keratinocytes. On the left, harmful substances enter skin cells, leading to cellular damage. On the right, bitter taste receptors located in the ...

Our attraction to sugar has grown to an unhealthy level. The average person in the United States now consumes more than 100 pounds of the sweet stuff every year, up from 18 pounds in 1800. With new ...

Past studies have shown that the human sweet taste receptor conveys sweet perception in the mouth and may help regulate glucose metabolism throughout the body. At the same time, the anti-inflammatory ...

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 ...

Non-invasive minimal residual disease detection of liver cancer using circulating tumor DNA features and α-fetoprotein: A prospective study. The association between TAS2R gene expression and ACC ...

As it turns out, it’s not only the tongue that can taste. While previous research has focused on the heart’s bitter taste receptors, a new study has found that the human heart has taste receptors ...