Taste receptors for bitter substances are not only found on the tongue but also on cells outside the oral cavity. As a new study now shows, extraoral bitter taste receptors could also serve as ...

More than 1,000 bitter-tasting compounds are recognized by a repertoire of 26 membrane proteins called the type-2 taste receptors (TAS2Rs), also known as the bitter taste receptors 1, 2. Our ...

Ever set off too many of the bitter taste receptors on your tongue? You probably spat out whatever it was in your mouth, and that's our best guess for why we even have them: to stop us from ingesting ...

New genetic data show that humans and sharks share bitter taste receptors, even though their evolutionary pathways separated nearly 500 million years ago. A research team from the University of ...

Why does coffee taste more bitter to some people than it does to others? Researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich have now come closer to ...

Few everyday experiences are as reliably disappointing as taking a big, hopeful gulp of orange juice right after brushing ...

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 ...

The photo shows two scientists from the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich conducting research into coffee flavor in the laboratory. They are wearing lab ...

In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers investigated whether coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related sensory deficiencies are associated with transcriptome changes in the ...