Taste Receptor Paper Published

Our last work on taste receptors with Bill Goddard’s group at Caltech, Cargill, Cube Biotech, and the Université de Bourgogne-Franche Compté has been published in Communications Chemistry.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42004-024-01324-x

These studies can guide rational design of novel non-caloric sweeteners aimed at enabling lower sugar usage levels while retaining the sweet taste. This may provide the basis for novel therapeutic applications for treatment of obesity and related metabolic dysfunctions such as diabetes.

We thank the NIH and Cargill, Inc for financial support.