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Taste, odor intervention improves cancer therapy, according to Virginia Tech, Wake Forest study
Cancer and its therapies, including chemotherapy and radiotherapy, may directly alter and damage taste and odor perception, possibly leading to patient malnutrition, and in severe cases, significant morbidity, according to a Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center compilation of various existing studies. Their review... view more... (2009-04-01)
Personalized diets may offer relief to advanced cancer patients
It is well known that cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy often experience nausea and loss of appetite. But until now, few researchers have looked into why this happens and what can be done to ensure that cancer patients maintain a healthy diet during treatment. view more (2007-03-12)
Taking a cue from breath fresheners, researcher develops new method for taste testing
Using the same concept behind commercial breath-freshening strips, a Temple University researcher has developed a new, easier method for clinical taste testing. view more (2008-06-10)
Does touch affect flavor? Study finds that how a container feels can affect taste
Does coffee in a flimsy cup taste worse than coffee in a more substantial cup? Firms such as McDonalds and Starbucks spend millions of dollars every year on disposable packaging, but a new study from the April issue of the Journal of Consumer Research suggests that trying to skimp in this area might not be worth it - and may negatively impact... view more... (2008-03-18)
Honey bee chemoreceptors found for smell and taste
Honey bees have a much better sense of smell than fruit flies or mosquitoes, but a much worse sense of taste, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. view more (2006-10-26)
Common herbicides and fibrates block nutrient-sensing receptor found in gut and pancreas
According to new research from the Monell Center and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, certain common herbicides and lipid-lowering fibrate drugs act in humans to block T1R3, a nutrient-sensing taste receptor also present in intestine and pancreas. view more (2009-10-12)
Diet foods for children may lead to obesity
Diet foods and drinks for children may inadvertently lead to overeating and obesity, says a new report from the University of Alberta. view more (2007-08-08)
Great (taste) expectations: Study shows brain anticipates taste, shifts gears
As the prism of our senses, the human brain has ways of refracting sensory input in defiance of reality. view more (2006-02-22)
Red pandas reveal an unexpected (artificial) sweet tooth
Researchers from the Monell Center report that the red panda is the first non-primate mammal to display a liking for the artificial sweetener aspartame. This unexpected affinity for an artificial sweetener may reflect structural variation in the red panda's sweet taste receptor. view more (2009-04-16)
Liking sweets makes sense for kids
As any parent knows, children love sweet-tasting foods. Now, new research from the University of Washington and the Monell Center indicates that this heightened liking for sweetness has a biological basis and is related to children's high growth rate. view more (2009-03-19)
Gene key to taste bud development identified
The gene, SOX2, stimulates stem cells on the surface of the embryonic tongue and in the back of the mouth to transform into taste buds, according to the researchers. view more (2006-10-02)
Skimmed milk -- Straight from the cow
Herds of cows producing skimmed milk could soon be roaming our pastures, reports Cath O'Driscoll in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI. view more (2007-05-29)
Separate genetic mutations gave people, chimps bitter-taste sensitivity
Humans and chimpanzees share the ability to taste, or not taste, a bitter synthetic compound called PTC-as well as numerous other toxic substances-but contrary to longstanding scientific thought, they developed that ability through separate genetic mutations. view more (2006-04-13)
Childhood ear infections may predispose to obesity later in life
Researchers are reporting new evidence of a possible link between a history of moderate to severe middle ear infections in childhood and a tendency to be overweight later in life. Their study suggests that prompt diagnosis and treatment of middle ear infections - one of the most common childhood conditions requiring medical attention - may help... view more... (2008-08-20)
Variation in bitter-taste receptor gene increases risk for alcoholism
A team of researchers, led by investigators at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has found that a gene variant for a bitter-taste receptor on the tongue is associated with an increased risk for alcohol dependence. view more (2006-01-10)
Sense of taste different in women with anorexia nervosa
Although anorexia nervosa is categorized as an eating disorder, it is not known whether there are alterations of the portions of the brain that regulate appetite. view more (2007-09-26)
Brain's 'sixth sense' for calories discovered
The brain can sense the calories in food, independent of the taste mechanism, researchers have found in studies with mice. view more (2008-03-27)
Newcastle Leads Pan-European Organic Food Project
Newcastle University is leading a new £12m. project which is investigating why the taste and nutritional value of our food is decreasing and how and why organic farming can be a solution to these problems. The project includes 31 partners from across Europe and is funded by the European Union. Organic farming minimises or completely avoids... view more... (2004-06-18)
Memory machine
What happens in our brains when we learn and remember" Are memories recorded in a stable physical change, like writing an inscription permanently on a clay tablet" Prof. Yadin Dudai, Head of the Weizmann Institute's Neurobiology Department, and his colleagues are challenging that view. view more (2007-08-17)
Researchers identify the cells and receptor for sensing sour taste
In the last seven years, Howard Hughes Medical Institute researcher Charles S. Zuker and Nicholas J.P. Ryba at the National Institutes of Health have worked together to identify the cells, receptors and signaling mechanisms for three of the five tastes humans can sense - sweet, bitter, and umami (the taste of monosodium glutamate). view more (2006-08-24)
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