Health
How to make eating healthy easier? The answer may be on the tip of your tongue
If your New Year's resolution was to cut down on salt and sugar in your diet, you may have an unexpected ally: your taste buds.
Jan 30, 2024
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News tagged with taste cells
Medical research
Lidocaine kills cancer cells by activating bitter taste receptor, preclinical study shows
Lidocaine—often used as a numbing agent for outpatient medical procedures—activates certain bitter taste receptors through two unique mechanisms that result in cancer cell death, according to researchers from the Perelman ...
Nov 22, 2023
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Neuroscience
From the first bite, our sense of taste helps pace our eating, scientists discover
When you eagerly dig into a long-awaited dinner, signals from your stomach to your brain keep you from eating so much you'll regret it—or so it's been thought. That theory had never really been directly tested until a team ...
Nov 22, 2023
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Health
Does chicken soup really help when you're sick? A nutrition specialist explains what's behind the beloved comfort food
Preparing a bowl of chicken soup for a loved one when they're sick has been a common practice throughout the world for centuries. Today, generations from virtually every culture swear to the benefits of chicken soup. In the ...
Oct 23, 2023
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Health
Is it chicken? Here's how the first bite of 'cell-cultivated' meat tastes
When I told friends and family I was reporting on the first chicken meat grown from animal cells, their first comment was "Eww." Their second comment was: "How does it taste?"
Jun 22, 2023
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Genetics
Can we train our taste buds for health? A neuroscientist explains how genes and diet shape taste
Have you ever wondered why only hummingbirds sip nectar from feeders?
Jun 16, 2023
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Neuroscience
Food temperature linked to nerve activity in taste cells
A new study finds temperature affects electrical activity levels in taste bud cells, which could greatly influence perception of taste. The study is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology.
Jun 13, 2023
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Medical research
Study shows how human immune cells react to non-nutritive sweeteners
Diet drinks often contain a mix of non-nutritive sweeteners that also enter the bloodstream after consumption. As a new pilot study shows, even dietary intake levels of saccharin, acesulfame-K and cyclamate are enough to ...
May 16, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sensory cells taste cerebrospinal fluid to fight brain infections
Sensory neurons pick up information from our senses and relay it to the rest of the nervous system. But this is not their only mission. In a new study published in the journal Current Biology, Claire Wyart at the Paris Brain ...
Feb 15, 2023
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Medical research
Taste cells' role in immune response may lead to treatment of taste loss
Taste cells are heavily exposed to the microbes in the mouth, but their role in helping the body respond to those microbes has not yet been studied in detail. A recent study from a team of researchers from the University ...
Jan 23, 2023
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