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28-Aug-2007 10:40 AM EDT
Nicotine In Breast Milk Disrupts Infants’ Sleep Patterns
Monell Chemical Senses Center

A study from the Monell Chemical Senses Center reports that nicotine in the breast milk of lactating mothers who smoke cigarettes disrupts their infants' sleep patterns. The findings raise new questions regarding whether nicotine exposure through breast milk affects infant development.

Released: 24-Jul-2007 10:30 AM EDT
Metabolic Defect in Liver Can Lead to Obesity
Monell Chemical Senses Center

Researchers at the Monell Center have identified a genetically-transmitted metabolic defect that can lead to obesity. The defect involves decreased production of liver enzymes needed to burn fat and may help to explain why some people become obese while others remain thin. The findings could open the door to the development of new obesity drugs.

Released: 11-Jul-2007 5:15 PM EDT
Sour Taste Make You Pucker? It May be in Your Genes
Monell Chemical Senses Center

Scientists at the Monell Chemical Senses Center report that genes play a large role in determining individual differences in sour taste perception. The findings may help researchers identify the still-elusive taste receptor that detects sourness in foods and beverages.

Released: 10-Jan-2007 11:00 AM EST
Valentine’s Gifts For Seniors: Evoke Odor Memories
Monell Chemical Senses Center

When searching for a meaningful Valentine's Day gift for an elderly friend or relative, don't settle on the same old box of candies again. Instead, consider highly fragrant items that bring back happy memories, suggest scientists at the Monell Chemical Senses Center.

Released: 10-Jan-2007 11:00 AM EST
Human Pheromones: Fact and Fiction
Monell Chemical Senses Center

Valentine's Day brings thoughts of romance, sometimes spurring aspiring Romeos or Juliets to seek assistance from products marketed as human pheromones. Can humans use these chemical signals to attract potential mates? It's just wishful thinking, according to scientists at the Monell Chemical Senses Center.

12-Sep-2006 9:40 PM EDT
Bitter Taste Identifies Poisons in Foods
Monell Chemical Senses Center

Scientists at the Monell Chemical Senses Center report that bitter taste perception of vegetables is influenced by an interaction between variants of taste genes and the presence of naturally-occurring toxins in the vegetable.

1-Aug-2006 4:20 PM EDT
Quick – What’s That Smell?
Monell Chemical Senses Center

Researchers have found that taking as little as a hundred milliseconds longer to smell an odor results in more accurate identification of that odor. This seemingly simple observation has important implications regarding how olfactory information is processed by the brain.

21-Apr-2006 5:30 PM EDT
Sweet ‘Water Taste’ Paradoxically Predicts Sweet Taste Inhibitors
Monell Chemical Senses Center

A scientific paradox linking artificial sweeteners such as saccharin with a sensory experience in which plain water takes on a sweet taste has guided researchers at the Monell Center to an increased understanding of how humans detect sweet taste. The findings, reported in Nature, will open doors to the development of new sweeteners and inhibitors.

Released: 23-Feb-2006 7:00 PM EST
Living Taste Cells Produced Outside the Body
Monell Chemical Senses Center

Researchers have succeeded in growing mature taste receptor cells outside the body and for the first time have been able to successfully keep the cells alive for a prolonged period of time, opening new opportunities to increase scientists' understanding of the sense of taste and how it functions in nutrition, health and disease.

Released: 15-Dec-2005 2:45 PM EST
A Spoonful of Sugar Makes Some Kids Feel Good
Monell Chemical Senses Center

It's no secret that children like sweet-tasting foods. It's also known that sweet taste acts as an analgesic in children, reducing their perception of pain. Now researchers report that the analgesic efficacy of sweet taste is influenced both by how much a child likes sweet taste and by the child's weight status.

Released: 7-Dec-2005 2:25 PM EST
Salty Taste Preference Linked to Birth Weight
Monell Chemical Senses Center

A new study from the Monell Chemical Senses Center may shed light on why some people like salt more than others. The results suggest that a person's liking for salty taste may be related to how much they weighed when they were born.

Released: 29-Nov-2005 1:10 PM EST
New Method for Farm Animal Odor Control
Monell Chemical Senses Center

A new patent to be issued to Philadelphia's Monell Chemical Senses Center utilizes a unique method to reduce animal waste malodors, thereby helping farmers and their animals to co-exist peacefully with residential neighbors.

29-Aug-2005 9:00 AM EDT
Olive Oil Contains Natural Anti-inflammatory Agent
Monell Chemical Senses Center

A naturally occurring chemical found in extra-virgin olive oils is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent that inhibits activity of cyclooxygenase enzymes. The finding is significant because inflammation increasingly is believed to play a key role in a variety of chronic diseases.

20-Jul-2005 3:15 PM EDT
Defective Sweet Taste Receptor Gene Shapes Cat Cuisine
Monell Chemical Senses Center

A defect in a gene that codes for part of the mammalian sweet taste receptor can account for cats' indifference to sugar and other sweets. The findings demonstrate the major role that genetic influences on taste play in food selection and consequently on nutrition.


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