A bitter taste has always been considered a warning signal, devoted to protecting us from ingesting potentially harmful ...

A research team of the University Medical Center Mainz has succeeded in observing for the first time how G protein-coupled ...

The sweet-taste receptor might be the first stop in a metabolic surveillance system for sugar. The receptor is also expressed in certain intestinal cells, where it may facilitate glucose absorption ...

Many people are familiar with histamine, a biological molecule that serves as a key driver of allergic reactions and other ...

We have known for a while that being high is the result of what occurs in a single cellular structure known as cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1), and we know that our bodies produce their own ...