Do cells in the blood, heart and lungs smell the food we eat?
Sunday, April 7, 2013 - 20:00
in Biology & Nature
In a discovery suggesting that odors may have a far more important role in life than previously believed, scientists have found that heart, blood, lung and other cells in the body have the same receptors for sensing odors that exist in the nose. It opens the door to questions about whether the heart, for instance, “smells” that fresh-brewed cup of coffee or cinnamon bun.