Scientists have identified a gene that controls the development of taste buds. The gene, SOX2, stimulates stem cells on the surface of the embryonic tongue and in the back of the mouth to transform ...

Ever bitten into a hot pie, yelped "Hothothot!" then had your taste buds go on strike for the next week? Taste buds are a ...

RNA-seq analysis of bud size in tea plant. (A) Anatomy diagram of tea bud in eight selected accessions. Black bar = 1 cm. (B) Violin-plot distributions of bud length, width, perimeter, and area in ...

The glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) enhances taste sensitivity, changes brain responses to sweet tastes, and may even alter expression of genes in the ...

Everyone’s taste buds are different. That’s why some people can swallow the spiciest peppers while others have no fondness for sweet desserts (gasp!). Now a recent study suggests that taste-bud ...