New research at Columbia University Medical Center reveals that signals sent by tongue’s taste cells prevent the brain from confusing bitter and sweet. The discovery provides new insights into how the tongue keeps its sense of taste organized despite the rapid turnover of the cells in its taste buds.
New findings may help understand the processes that contribute to conditions such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, epilepsy, and schizophrenia — and could lead to the development of drugs to counteract these conditions.
Columbia University researchers have developed a personalized algorithm that predicts the impact of particular foods on an individual’s blood sugar levels. The first-of-its-kind tool may make meal planning simpler for type 2 diabetes patients.
Genes that cause MacTel–a rare disease of the retina–remain elusive, but a new study from an international team of researchers has narrowed the search. The researchers combed through the genomes of more than 450 patients and identified five small regions of the genome where MacTel genes are likely to reside.
Vaughan, Director of Magnetic Resonance Research at Columbia, designs and builds the MRI systems that produce high-resolution images of anatomical, metabolic and physiological systems and functions.