Dr. Bob Datta
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first heard May 2026
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We know that it exists in mice.
Right now with collaborators, we're looking at human tissues to ask whether it actually exists in humans.
To be honest, I really suspect it does.
Everything we know tells us that actually the mouse and the human olfactory systems are really similar.
And so if this map exists in the nose, it means that if we try to build devices to artificially stimulate the nose, which is something people are doing in order to help people who've lost their sense of smell,
Or if we, say, put stem cells in the nose to help rebuild the olfactory epithelium after it's been damaged by something like COVID.
If we take any of those strategies, we have to respect this map of receptors that's organized in space.
Exactly.
And so you'd want to rebuild the whole map and not just parts of it.
And so it's a really important constraint that I think we've discovered on future treatments and probably an important part of developing treatments that work.
Thanks so much for having me.
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