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People Can Identify Their Own Smells

Description:New research indicates that people are able to identify their own scent based on their combination of molecules known as major histocompatibility complex proteins, or MHC peptides. The combination of MHC peptides is unique and different in each individual. Scientists have found that by using MHC peptides, people can recognize their own smell. (1:13)

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