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Is Linda B. Buck's research mainly associated with human sense organs?

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Yes, Linda B. Buck's research is mainly associated with human sense organs. Buck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2004 for her work on olfaction, the sense of smell. Buck and her collaborator Richard Axel discovered a class of molecules called odorant receptors, which are located in the olfactory bulb, the part of the brain that processes smells.
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