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As light as a lemon: How the right smell can help with a negative body image

by University of Sussex The scent of a lemon could help people feel better about their body image, new findings from University of Sussex research has revealed. In a new study from the university’s Sussex Computer-Human Interaction (SCHI) Lab, people feel thinner and lighter when they experienced the scent of a lemon. The research, carried...

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Inflammation required for ‘smell’ tissue regeneration

Three days after damaging the olfactory tissue of a mouse bred to lack the inflammation molecule NF-kB, fewer new cells regenerate (green) compared to a mouse with normal levels of NF-kB. In a mouse study designed to understand how chronic inflammation in sinusitis damages the sense of smell, scientists at Johns Hopkins say they were...