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

Ever bite into something so bitter that you had to spit it out? An ages-old genetic mutation helps you and other animals perceive bitterness and thus avoid toxins associated with it. But while most ...

Bitter taste receptors, also known as TAS2Rs, are a distinct family of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) originally recognised for their role in oral bitter taste perception. Recent research has ...

Taste receptors for bitter substances are not only found on the tongue but also on cells outside the oral cavity. As a new study now shows, extraoral bitter taste receptors could also serve as ...

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 ...

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

Researchers at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have revealed the detailed structure of the bitter taste receptor, a protein called TAS2R14, and have shown ...

A bitter taste receptor, TAS2R14, has been shown to respond to both extracellular and intracellular signals. Indeed, it can respond to both signals simultaneously. This finding is especially ...

Scientists are unraveling the secrets of how our mouths can taste bitterness. A new study details the structure of a key bitter taste receptor and finds evidence that cholesterol seems to play an ...

The orange juice that many people like to drink with breakfast is naturally high in sugar. But it also contains citric acid, ...

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 ...