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Plausibility of the vibrational theory of olfaction [Biological Sciences]

L. Turin, S. Gane, D. Georganakis, K. Maniati, E. M. C. Skoulakis.
Block et al. (1) have written a critique of the vibrational theory of olfaction that rests on two main points: (i) they report negative results (i.e., identical responses to normal and deuterated musk isotopomers) in a cultured human embryonic kidney cell derivative line expressing heterologous olfactory receptors; and (ii) they...