Unique Sensory Responses to the Pediatric HIV Medication Kaletra
The Taste of Personalized Medicine
13 December, 2017
Press Releases
A Taste Cell Encyclopedia
A powerful genetic technology, single cell RNA-seq, will provide key insight on how different types of taste cells function....
08 August, 2017
Bitter or Sweet? How Taste Cells Decide What They Want to Be
New study provides insight into the genes and molecules that shape taste cell development
21 June, 2017
The Social Costs of Smell Loss in Older Women
Older women who do less well on a smell identification task also tend to have fewer social connections....
22 March, 2017
Potential New Causes for the Odor-Producing Disorder TMAU
Exome sequencing provides insight into diagnostic criteria for rare metabolic disorder
14 February, 2017
Monell Receives Grant to Characterize Distinctive Odor of Ovarian Cancer
Innovative research will facilitate sensitive diagnostic screening device to identify deadly disease in early treatable stages.
06 February, 2017
With Eyes or Noses? How Young Children Use Sensory Cues to Make Social Decisions
Monell study reveals children older than five use odor information to evaluate faces
19 December, 2016
Does Good-Tasting Food Cause Weight Gain?
New research suggests that desirable taste does not necessarily lead to weight gain....
15 December, 2016
Monell Center Receives Funding to Develop Technologies to Improve Taste of Lifesaving Drugs
Children often reject certain medicines due to their horrible taste....
01 December, 2016
Cold and Bubbly: The Sensory Qualities that Best Quench Thirst
Understanding what causes thirst may help improve hydration in at-risk populations, including the elderly, soldiers, and athletes....
03 October, 2016
Digesting Sweet Taste
Gut enzymes in sweet taste cells may point the way to better-tasting non-caloric sweeteners....
09 May, 2016
How Sweet It Is: Why Your Taste Cells Love Sugar So Much
A new research study dramatically increases knowledge of how taste cells detect sugars, a key step in developing strategies to limit overconsumption....
07 March, 2011