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Asparagus Pee? Why Only Some People Smell It
Some people can smell the characteristic odor that asparagus gives to their urine, while others cannot. Now, a study reveals more than 800 new reasons why this strange phenomenon happens.
Researchers analyzed the genes of about 6,900 people and found 871 new genetic variants linked with an inability to detect this odor.
Lorelei Mucci, an associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health,and her colleaguescame up with the idea for the study at a 2010 scientific conference where their dinner included asparagus. Mucci and her colleagues from the U.S. discussed the weird phenomenon of asparagus pee smell.
Some people can smell the characteristic odor that asparagus gives to their urine, while others cannot. Now, a study reveals more than 800 new reasons why this strange phenomenon happens.
Researchers analyzed the genes of about 6,900 people and found 871 new genetic variants linked with an inability to detect this odor.
Lorelei Mucci, an associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health,and her colleaguescame up with the idea for the study at a 2010 scientific conference where their dinner included asparagus. Mucci and her colleagues from the U.S. discussed the weird phenomenon of asparagus pee smell.
