Month: September 2022

NON-FUNCTIONAL GENES. "A startlingly high fraction of the human Olfactory Receptor (OR) (at least 63%) has degenerated into pseudogenes, leaving only about 350 apparently functional IR genes." https://lnkd.in/eib7SgQ View in LinkedIn

OLFACTORY RECEPTORS (OR) "are arranged in clusters up to 100 genes dispersed in 40-100 genomic locations. Each neuron in the olfactory epithelium expresses only one allele of one OR gene." https://lnkd.in/eib7SgQ View in LinkedIn

DIVERSE EXPRESSION. Olfactory receptor (OR) gene "expression has been reported in non-olfactory tissues, principally the testes, but also taste tissues, prostrate, primordial germ cells, erythroid cells, heart and notochord," and is thought to help guide spermatozoa to the egg; also found in the bladder, kidney, spine, sinuses, pancreas, brain and muscle, and at low levels in almost all tissues. https://lnkd.in/eib7SgQ View in LinkedIn

SCENT RECEPTORS AND MICROBIOME. Scent receptors found in kidneys "are a previously unknown means for bacteria to tell the kidney to make blood pressure changes that allow them to best carry out their health-related functions." One of many remarkable examples of the intimate control of our lives by bacteria. https://lnkd.in/b4XiePB View in LinkedIn

SCENT AND OTHER FUNCTIONS. "Odor might have secondary functions in the human body." When five olfactory receptors present in human skin were exposed to high concentrations of synthetic sandalwood, they triggered a robust skin healing response, suggesting that in an odd way, skin can sense scents by smelling them with the same receptors that occur in the nose. https://lnkd.in/eUXpx3h View in LinkedIn

THE DIGITAL OLFACTION SOCIETY. "Whose stated goal is to "digitize, transmit, reproduce, and recapture smells, flavors, and fragrances. " " Put together with Pario, and the repertoire of digitized senses under development is almost complete. https://lnkd.in/emBjZwq View in LinkedIn

The Digital Olfaction Society's stated goal is to "digitize, transmit, reproduce, and recapture smells, flavors, and fragrances. " " Put together with Pario, and the repertoire of digitized senses under development is almost complete. https://lnkd.in/emBjZwq View in LinkedIn

A DIGISCENTED WORLD, "where smells are deployed and captured for medical, gaming, security and justice purposes, and where cinemas use a version of Smell-O-Vision that actually works." https://lnkd.in/emBjZwq View in LinkedIn

AUGMENTED SATIETY. "Aroma can activate intestinal receptors, making people feel more full than they are." Clinical applications are obvious. https://lnkd.in/emBjZwq View in LinkedIn

AUGMENTED APPETITE, the corollary, certainly exists when we smell food cooking. Obvious undesirable commercial applications. https://lnkd.in/emBjZwq View in LinkedIn