article_snippet.sent: It reveals how taste buds have different cells that are used to differentiate between between the five basic groups of flavours.
article_snippet.sent: Scientists examined the different cells used to identify taste and watched the different cells used to identify taste capture and process molecules live.
article_snippet.sent: Shown is a taste bud with receptor cells (green), blood cells (red) and collagen surrounding the bud (blue)
article_snippet.sent: Using a method called intravital multiphoton microscopy, the scientists were then able to pick out individual taste cells within each bud.
article_snippet.sent: We've watched live taste cells capture and process molecules with different tastes,’ said biomedical engineer
article_snippet.sent: There are more than 2,000 taste buds on the human tongue, which can distinguish at least five tastes: salty, sweet, sour, bitter and umami - a word used to describe smooth and typically savoury, meaty sensations.
article_snippet.sent: However, the relationship between the many taste cells within a taste bud, and our perception of taste, has been a long-standing mystery, said Professor Seok-Hyun Yun from Harvard Medical School.
article_snippet.sent: With this new imaging tool we have shown that each taste bud contains taste cells for different tastes,’ said Professor Seok-Hyun Yun from Harvard Medical School.
article_snippet.sent: Interestingly, the results showed that taste cells respond not only to molecules contacting the surface of the tongue, but also to molecules in the blood circulation.
article_snippet.sent: ’s tongue is shown here, with taste buds in blue, among yellow papillae, or small bumps in the tongue's tissue .
article_snippet.sent: Using a method called intravital multiphoton microscopy, The researchers were able to pick out individual taste cells within each taste bud.
highlights_snippet.sent: Scientists examined the different cells that are used to identify taste .
  