The parasite changes people’s scent, primarily due to an increase in aldehydes.

Responses to compounds in human sweat may help explain why people with autism spectrum disorder tend to struggle with social cues.

Scientists demonstrate that just the right amount of inflammation after an injury to a mouse’s olfactory epithelium is key for regenerating cells important for smell.

Sensory neurons in the tip of the zebrafish nose respond to molecular signals released from food sources.

A study traces proteins’ evolution from the immune to the olfactory system.

Animals lacking a sense of smell stayed thinner than their smelling counterparts, despite eating the same amount.

Adult olfactory stem cells can be used to grow a smattering of cells important for smell, including scent-sniffing neurons and structurally supportive sustentacular cells. 

Meet some of the people featured in the May 2017 issue of The Scientist.

Male mice exposed to females, their urine, or a chemical in their urine lost sensory neurons in their vomeronasal organs that respond to that chemical.

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