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What Is Scentinel® Teaching Us About Smell Disorders, Four Years On?

Over the last four years since the start of the pandemic, the Monell Chemical Senses Center, has developed different iterations of a rapid screening tool for detecting new-onset loss of smell. Since its launch in late 2020, several studies have...
20-Aug-2024 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Monell Center Discovery Could Help Reduce Adverse Side Effects of Popular Next-generation Obesity Medications

By teasing apart the therapeutic benefits from the adverse effects of new-generation obesity medications, researchers from the Monell Chemical Senses Center found a population of neurons in the brain that controls food intake without causing nausea...
8-Jul-2024 8:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Engaging With Patients for Better Treatments and Outcomes for Smell and Taste Disorders

in 2022 collaborators - patient groups, basic researchers, and clinicians - conducted a survey and listening sessions with patients, caregivers, and family members affected by impaired smell or taste. They asked about their individual perceptions of...
10-Jun-2024 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Monell Researchers Identify Universal Bitter Blocker that Could Help Patients Take Their Life-Saving Medicines as Prescribed

Strong bitterness is the main reason why people all over the world, especially children, avoid taking their medicines, putting their health, and sometimes, their lives at risk. Now, a group of scientists at the Monell Chemical Senses Center...
5-Jun-2024 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Sweet Taste Receptor Affects How Glucose is Handled Metabolically by Humans

The sweet taste receptor, expressed in taste bud cells, conveys sweetness from the mouth when it is activated. Monell researchers delved into how the sweet-taste receptor might be the first stop in a metabolic surveillance system for sugar. They...
17-May-2024 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Juyun Lim, PhD, Joins Monell Chemical Senses Center to Focus on Sensory Nutrition Research

The Monell Chemical Senses Center welcomes Juyun Lim, PhD, as the newest addition to the faculty at Monell, starting in August, 2024. She is currently a Professor of Sensory Science and the Chair of the Graduate Program in the Department of Food...
16-May-2024 8:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Monell Center Presentations Span Sensory Science at National Meeting, April 17 to 20, 2024

Over 20 scientists from the Monell Chemical Senses Center will present their latest research at the 46th Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS) annual conference, which covers the latest advances in the fields of taste, smell, and related...
19-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Beating Back Bitter Taste in Medicine: Monell Center Scientists Discover that Diabetes Drug is Partially Effective as a Bitter Blocker

The bitter taste of certain drugs is a barrier to taking some medications as prescribed, especially for people who are particularly sensitive to bitter taste. A Monell team found that the diabetes drug rosiglitazone could partially block the bitter...
9-Apr-2024 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites


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Dealing with Those Telltale Malodors

By educating physicians about unique properties of the olfactory system, Monell scientist Pamela Dalton, PhD, MPH, seeks to increase understanding of stigmas associated with incontinence
28-Jun-2018 12:05 PM EDT

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The Monell Center is an independent non-profit research institute that conducts basic research on the chemical senses. A leader in scientific discovery, Monell's world-class scientists advance understanding of taste and smell to benefit human health and well-being. The Center’s outstanding interdisciplinary research programs incorporate approaches that range from molecular biology to behavioral neuroscience, from analytical chemistry to comparative sensory ecology and clinical work with human patients. Experts are available to comment on how taste and olfaction relate to any aspect of our daily lives.

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