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News from Leibniz research: #Bitter #Taste #Receptors at the Interface Between #Nutrition, the #Endocrine System, and #Health https://www.leibniz-lsb.de/en/press-public-relations/translate-to-englisch-pm-20260128-pressemitteilung-bittergeschmacksrezeptoren-ernaehrung-hormonsystem-gesundheit
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2026/01/28/bitter-taste-receptors-at-the-interface-between-nutrition-the-endocrine-system-and-health

PM_20260128_Press release_Bitter_taste_receptors_Nutrition_Hormonal_system_Health

Karl Theodor Jan 12

#RaphaelMechoulam, the father of 🌱 #cannabis #research, passed away on March 10, 2023, at 92 years of age. In early 1960, he was the first to reveal the structure of #cannabidiol (#CBD) and delta 9-#tetrahydrocannabinol (#THC), molecules now used worldwide as #medicine.1,2 In addition, Professor #Mechoulam and his research group identified the #endocannabinoidsystem, a #biologicalsystem with #endogenous #neurotransmitters that bind to specific #receptors ... https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10288473/

Education & Knowledge Jan 11

How Insulin Receptors Work

https://tube.blueben.net/w/gZYEi6Pxk17YmdBuXkenpR

How Insulin Receptors Work

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michael Sep 19, 2025

16-Sep-2025
Better understanding of #bitter #taste receptors: An AlphaFold3-based structure study
Researchers use an advanced AI-based prediction model, #AlphaFold 3, to predict the structure of human bitter taste #receptors
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1098406

#science #humans #physiology #proteinstructure

Better understanding of bitter taste receptors: An AlphaFold3-based structure study

Taste receptors are specialized proteins that facilitate the sense of taste. There are different groups of receptors for detecting different tastants. Understanding the structure of these receptors will help in elucidating their function. 25 different bitter taste receptors have been identified to date, out of which the 3D crystal structures of only three have been characterized. In this study, the researchers use an artificial intelligence-based structure prediction model to characterize the structure of these receptors.

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