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Ever set off too many of the bitter taste receptors on your tongue? You probably spat out whatever it was in your mouth, and ...

Researchers from Okayama University of Science discovered taste receptors (TAS2Rs) in the skin that detect and expel harmful ...

These cells never come in contact with environmental signals like those near the skin but are studded with receptors that appear to get sensory input from hormones, proteins and other biochemical ...

This week (July 7), a team described its research on the olfactory responses of the skin. Hanns Hatt of Ruhr University Bochum in Germany and colleagues examined the response of epidermal cells known ...

Citation: Bitter taste receptors in skin cells function as a defense mechanism against harmful substances, researcher discover (2025, February 25) retrieved 11 March 2025 from https://phys.org ...