MIT Paves Way To ‘Artificial Nose’ - Engineers Mass-Produce Smell Receptors In Lab

MIT biological engineers have found a way to mass-produce smell receptors in the laboratory, an advance that paves the way for “artificial noses” to be created and used in a variety of settings. The work could also allow scientists to unlock the mystery of how the sense of smell can recognize a seemingly infinite range of odors. “Smell is perhaps one of the oldest and most primitive senses, but nobody really understands how it works.

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Filed under: Biology on October 1st, 2008