(Discover) – Now, researchers from Sweden and the U.S. have uncovered molecular and structural changes in some taste buds of patients with taste abnormalities after a COVID-19 infection, offering the first plausible explanation for why a small group of people lost their taste for an unusually long time.

The study, published in Chemical Senses, is a crucial step toward understanding the molecular causes behind COVID-19-related taste dysfunction, paving the way for developing treatments to mitigate patients’ taste loss. (Read More)