Charles Zuker

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Charles Zuker
Born
Field Biology
Institution University of California, San Diego

Charles Zuker is an American biologist of Chilean descent who has shown that human and animal tongues have special receptors that respond to umami, the fifth taste. Zuker is a researcher at the University of California, San Diego.

[edit] References

  • Dunlop, Fuschia. 'It's all a matter of taste', Financial Times (Europe: August 6 2005) p.W9