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Gross-tasting medications can be a barrier to treatment. Philly researchers found a ‘bitter blocker’ to help.

Monell Chemical Senses Center has spent years working to create what no one else in medicine had been able to: a substance that can prevent a patient from tasting anything bitter.

Monell Chemical Senses Center researchers recently developed a "bitter blocker" they hope can aid in the delivery of acrid-tasting medications.
Monell Chemical Senses Center researchers recently developed a "bitter blocker" they hope can aid in the delivery of acrid-tasting medications.Read more