Multiple taste cell sensors contribute to detecting sugars

Monday, March 7, 2011 - 16:31 in Biology & Nature

A new research study dramatically increases knowledge of how taste cells detect sugars, a key step in developing strategies to limit overconsumption. Scientists have discovered that taste cells have several additional sugar detectors other than the previously known sweet receptor.

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