Meet the researchers who discovered the ‘undertakers’ of taste, one of our least understood senses

The next time you crave a sweet treat, go ahead and buy a bag of jellybeans – guilt free. Your indulgence will be in the interest of science. “Just be sure to get a good jellybean – not a cheap, generic one,” said Thomas Finger, PhD, professor of cell and developmental biology at CU Anschutz.