Molecular biologists at the University of California, San Francisco have made a breakthrough in understanding the human sense of smell — a notoriously ephemeral process that has evaded precise description until now.
This month, for the first time, researchers were able to capture how a human odor receptor detects a scent molecule. Click here to view the interactive 3D model.
The team started out with a distinct, instantly recognizable scent — Swiss cheese — but eventually, as the scent-map grows, a chemist could design a molecule and predict what it would smell like, said Manglik. SF Bay Ferry wants to keep slashed fares for next five years The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority temporarily discounted its fares by 30% in 2021
They found that the odor detectors only interacted with the propionate molecules in a very specific way — like a white blood cell catching germs.
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