Scientists discover new mechanisms for relaxing airways using bitter tasting substances
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 - 23:00
in Health & Medicine
An interdisciplinary team of scientists have taken a step forward in understanding how the substances that give some foods their bitter flavor also act to reverse the contraction of airway cells, a process known as bronchodilation. This effect may one day be harnessed to provide improved treatments for airway obstructive diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.