Taste Cells (IMAGE)

University at Buffalo

Taste Cells

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These re taste cells under a microscope, expressing green fluorescent protein. A new University at Buffalo study finds that obese mice had fewer taste cells capable of detecting sweetness than mice with slimmer physiques. The white bar is 20 microns.

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Kyle Hacker

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