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Touch, Our Most Complex Sense, Is a Landscape of Cellular Sensors

By Ariel Bleicher · Quanta Magazine · April 2025

#16 All Time·#2 in 2025·#3 in Science

Touch, Our Most Complex Sense, Is a Landscape of Cellular Sensors

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"Every soft caress of wind, searing burn and seismic rumble is detected by our skin’s tangle of touch sensors. David Ginty has spent his career cataloging the neurons beneath everyday sensations."

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