Who Discovered Phenylthiocarbamide Tasting?
In 2003, Dennis Drayna and His Colleagues at the National Institutes of Health (Nih), as Well as a Team of Researchers Led by Un-Kyung Kim, Discovered That a...
In 2003, Dennis Drayna and his colleagues at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as well as a team of researchers led by Un-kyung Kim, discovered that a variation at the TAS2R38 gene locus is responsible for an overwhelming majority of the variance in PTC tasting sensitivity (50-80%).
What is Phenylthiocarbamide tasting?
Phenylthiocarbamide tasting, also called PTC tasting, a genetically controlled ability to taste phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) and a number of related substances, all of which have some antithyroid activity.
Who discovered the genetic basis for PTC tasting?
About 66 years ago, A. L. Fox, a Du Pont chemist, reported a startling accidental discovery (Anonymous 1931, Fox 1932).
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