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Published online 30 May 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070528-5
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Protein senses cold
Single receptor responds to cold and menthol.
As an ice cream melts in your mouth this summer, take a moment to contemplate the protein that may be bringing you that sense of cool relief — and numbing your tongue. Researchers have pinned down that particular protein in mice, and think that a similar one in humans does the same job.
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