Genetically Engineered Mice Reveal Mechanism of Sour Taste

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The protein responsible for detecting sour in taste buds has been difficult to identify. This is partly because sour chemicals are detected both through the sense of taste (taste perception) and through the production of pain (somatosensory perception). Thus, mice lacking the taste pathway still avoid sour-tasting liquids. The Liman lab has been studying sour … Read more

Worth a Closer Look: May 2019

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A list of papers published in May 2019 that piqued my interest

Worth a Closer Look: April 2019

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As I was selecting the articles related to proteomics and disease, I kept a running list of those that piqued my interest. These range in topic and are not all related to proteomics. Most are related to medicine or human disease. Hopefully, I will have time to take a closer look at them all and … Read more

A Closer Look: 10 March 2019

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A list of articles classified by Nancy R. Gough as good, valuable contributions or not so valuable contributions to the scientific literature.