Get latest articles and stories on Science at LatestLY. In the neurons that our noses utilise to detect smell, scientists at Umea University in Sweden have found a previously unidentified cellular component called an organelle. The discovery may spur more studies into the COVID-19 symptom of poor smell perception. Science News | Study Finds New Cellular Component Important for Sense of Smell.
In the neurons that our noses utilise to detect smell, scientists at Umea University in Sweden have found a previously unidentified cellular component called an organelle. The discovery may spur more studies into the COVID-19 symptom of poor smell perception.
Researchers have discovered a previously unknown organelle inside neurons that we use to perceive smell, a finding that could have implications for further research on impaired sense of smell.