Scientists have mapped the 3-D structure of the human sweet taste receptor, the molecular machine that allows us to taste sweet things. This could lead to the discovery of new regulators of the ...

The traditional taste map of the tongue that is taught in school is a myth. The idea that tastes like salt and sweet are ...

Could your tongue be the key to helping you lose weight? With the aid of new research, scientists say it may be. For the ...

Yet, despite more than 20 years of study, the sweet receptor’s precise architecture remained elusive, even as scientists ...

The tongue-- sorry, the tongue ... Most people think those are our taste buds, but they're actually the papillae, which help grip your food. In the tips of those papillae are where our 10,000 ...

The sweet receptors on our tongue can detect a large number ... innovative approaches and about three years to map the human sweet taste receptor's structure, in large part because it proved ...

Could your tongue be the key to helping ... Although the sweet taste receptor is found in the mouth, it is also found throughout the body. So, maps can support additional research looking at ...

Cryo-EM map of the human sweet taste receptor (blue and green) changing shape as it binds a molecule that tastes sweet (red and green).

Better understanding this sweet taste receptor could help aid the ... Researchers at Columbia University just made a 3D map of the tongue. Could their findings help people curb their sweet tooth?