But, he says, because the researchers used the human bitter taste receptors, it's likely that the same thing happens when a diet drink hits the human tongue. (sciencenews.org)
Now, scientists from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania reveal that the release of AMPs is partially controlled by bitter taste receptors in the upper airway on a cell previously identified in animals and only recently in humans known as solitary chemosensory cells (SCCs). (sciencedaily.com)
Over the past decade, scientists at the Monell Center and elsewhere have made headway in understanding how variants of bitter taste receptor genes can help account for how people differ with regard to taste perception and food choice. (sciencedaily.com)