Mouse taste buds (left inset) host a collection of taste receptor cells, each one tuned to a particular flavor. When key proteins in these cells are swapped, taste sensations get scrambled as they ...

From Cells to Sensing: Building Taste Buds on a Chip. A schematic illustration showing the step-by-step development of a biomimetic taste biosensor. Starting from single cells isolated from mouse ...

Nature’s taste system, by contrast, is highly efficient—relying on taste buds made of specialized receptor cells that decode flavor information with remarkable sensitivity. Inspired by this biology, ...