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Taste Genetics and Oral Health Symptoms in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.

International journal of molecular sciences · Shafizadeh M, Bhatia V, Ahmed S, Drögemöller B, Papadimitropoulos C, St John P, Bhullar RP, Chelikani P, Hitchon CA · 2026-09-12

Researchers examined whether genetic variants in bitter taste receptor genes were associated with oral health symptoms in over 21,000 Canadian adults, finding suggestive but not statistically significant associations with self-reported sore jaw muscles after correction for multiple testing.

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