#Receptors

Scientists have uncovered a hidden mechanism that allows high-cholesterol diets to undermine the body's natural cholesterol defenses, and blocking it dramatically lowered harmful LDL cholesterol in mice.…

Researchers imaged taste receptors responding to coffee compounds for the first time.

Using a powerful single-molecule imaging method they developed, a Broad Institute research team has unveiled a dynamic view of how some cancer-related proteins interact in living cells.…

Scientists have finally cracked one of the biggest mysteries in the senses: how smell is organized. By mapping millions of neurons in mice, researchers discovered that smell receptors in the nose aren’t random at all—they’re arranged in neat, overlapping…

In two new studies, researchers used genetic techniques to upend a long-standing assumption that the nerve cells with scent detectors were randomly arranged. They don’t know whether the same spatial organization is found in human noses

A new map shows how smell receptors in the mouse nose are precisely organized into tight bands based on type.