Explore the complex interactions that result in our sense of taste and how a change in the sequence of a gene can result in a change in the function of the protein encoded by that gene, and ...

DALLAS – Feb. 16, 2007 – Scientific studies of why foods such as Brussels sprouts and stout beer are horribly bitter-tasting to some people but palatable to others are shedding light on a number of ...

Using a molecular approach to understanding human taste perception, researchers have made a new finding demonstrating that each individual's personal set of taste-receptor alleles, or gene variations, ...

In the February 21 Science, Un-kyung Kim and colleagues report the isolation of a human gene that accounts for taste sensitivity to phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) (Science, 299:1228-1231, February 21, 2003 ...