The researchers, led by longtime taste researcher Charles Zuker, now at Columbia University Medical Center, conducted the study using mice that had been genetically altered to lack sour-sensing cells.

由长期从事味觉研究的研究员查尔斯·扎克带领的研究人员们，目前在哥伦比亚大学的医疗中心，对一些因基因变异丧失酸感应细胞的白鼠进行研究。