If canine biodetectors of bird flu and other wildlife diseases prove successful and advantageous over current disease surveillance methods, they will become invaluable. The ability of dogs to smell disease may one day save your life, or perhaps even prevent a pandemic!...
Sudden smell and taste loss has become a well-known symptom of COVID-19. However, some people have also woken up to discover that their usual beloved coffee odor has been distorted and now smells like garbage or rotting meat, a condition known as parosmia. Others smell...
Just over five years ago, while listening to some friends gripe about the overwhelming aroma of a nearby lemon candle, it struck me that not only could I not smell that scent, I couldn’t recall the last time I’d smelled any citrus. In fact, I...
The nerves in our nasal cavity send signals to our brain to alert us to what we’re smelling. As we age, our sight, hearing and sense of smell diminishes. When we lose our ability to distinguish one odor from another, say vanilla versus cinnamon, it...
Ten months ago, 20-year-old Natalia Cano tested positive for COVID-19. Now she reports having a completely warped sense of taste and smell. "I was working at my local grocery store in January, and unfortunately, that's where I got COVID," Natalia told BuzzFeed. "I felt really sick,...
Pumpkin spice latte, roasting turkey, butter-drenched stuffing! Holiday smells conjure memories. But for people experiencing side effects of Covid-19, a sense of smell can suddenly be non-existent, or even repulsive. Dr. Danielle Reed of the Monell Chemical Senses Center describes how smell works, why it affects...
Amber L. Alhadeff, PhD, an assistant member at the Monell Chemical Senses Center, has been awarded the 2021 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology for her research on how gut-brain connections in the brain influence eating behavior....
A study led by the Monell Chemical Senses Center, published this month in PLOS ONE, identifies a new human sensory ability to detect sugars in the mouth....
Champion of the Monell Chemical Senses Center and board member Louise Slade, PhD, 74, of Morris Plains, NJ, a research biochemist known for her fundamental insights into the basic chemistry of food, died unexpectedly in Morristown Medical Center, NJ, on October 7, 2021. Her research...
(PHILADELPHIA) Amber L. Alhadeff, PhD, an Assistant Member at the Monell Chemical Senses Center, is among the 106 grant recipients of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) High-Risk, High-Reward Research program for 2021. [caption id="attachment_4217" align="alignright" width="400"] Amber Alhadeff, PhD[/caption]Specifically, Alhadeff received an NIH Director’s New...