Mechanism causing taste dysfunction in cancer identified - with the promise of possibly restoring normal taste sensation in the future

[AussieNeil]

One unfortunate side effect of chemotherapy can be a altered sense of taste. "Investigators have identified a molecular pathway that aids the renewal of taste buds, and they believe this discovery may have implications for cancer patients who suffer from an altered sense of taste during treatment."

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