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When Bad Tastes Good: Discovery of Taste Receptors in the Human Lung

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Overview:

This two-minute video, narrated by Bill Seiler, UMMC's assistant director of media relations, provides an overview of the groundbreaking discovery of taste receptors in the human lung. This discovery, made by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, has the potential to revolutionize the future treatment of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other respiratory illnesses. Featured in the video is Stephen Liggett, M.D., professor of medicine and physiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and senior author of the study.

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