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We discovered a ‘gentle touch’ molecule is essential for light tactile sensation in humans – and perhaps in individual cells

  • Written by Kate Poole, Associate Professor in Physiology, UNSW Sydney
We discovered a ‘gentle touch’ molecule is essential for light tactile sensation in humans – and perhaps in individual cellsShutterstock

You were probably taught that we have five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. This is not quite right: “touch” is not a single sense, but rather several working together.

Our bodies contain a network of sensory nerve cells with endings sitting in the skin that detect an array of different physical signals from...

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