Sweet taste of heavy water
N. Ben Abu, P. E. Mason, H. Klein, N. Dubovski, Y. Ben Shoshan-Galeczki, E. Malach, V. Prazienkova, L. Maletinska, C. Tempra, V. C. Chamorro, J. Cvacka, M. Behrens, M. Y. Niv, P. Jungwirth
The paper shows humans can distinguish heavy water (D2O) from normal water by taste, mediated by the TAS1R2/TAS1R3 receptor, while mice cannot.
bioRxiv · May 22, 2020Biochemistry