Ever set off too many of the bitter taste receptors on your tongue? You probably spat out whatever it was in your mouth, and that's our best guess for why we even have them: to stop us from ingesting ...

Taste receptors for bitter substances are not only found on the tongue but also on cells outside the oral cavity. As a new study by the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical ...

“Tasting Upside-Down - An Unusual Sensing Mechanism was Found in Human Bitter Sensing” A new study revealed that some bitter molecules target their sensor through binding simultaneously at two ...

New genetic data show that humans and sharks share bitter taste receptors, even though their evolutionary pathways separated nearly 500 million years ago. A research team from the University of ...

Humans have bitter taste receptors not only in their mouths but in their lungs, too. Researchers have exploited these receptors’ innate ability to dilate the airways to create a potent new drug that ...

Food scientists have discovered a mushroom chemical they say is the most bitter substance known thus far, a finding that sheds light on how the tongue helps us perceive taste. Researchers at the ...