AN ELECTRONIC TONGUE or the Taste Chip prototype for lab use is being developed. It is hard to imagine that such devices could replace the sensory pleasure of taste, but would be useful in analytics. Replacement of defective taste buds is an alternative approach, there are about 8,000 taste buds per tongue and they are constantly regenerating. Within the bud, individual cells regenerate on a two week cycle. ”
“Taste bud replacement via stem cells is a future possibility:
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DOI: 10.1039/b705107g