tuft
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Mice with normal tuft cell function ate less as the infection progressed.
From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026
To investigate, first author Koki Tohara, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher at UCSF, used genetically engineered sensor cells placed next to tuft cells under a microscope.
From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026
When tuft cell lung cancer was first identified in 2018, he and his colleagues were searching for epigenetic influences that promote tumor growth.
From Science Daily • Nov. 24, 2025
"He forgot the eyes at first, so we got him a carrot, put the nose on and he put some eyes on and gave it a little hair tuft," she explained.
From BBC • Jan. 7, 2025
Nat pointed at the table a few feet away, and when Jinny glanced down at it, she recognized a lumpy tuft of tangled black hair sticking out from under the tabletop.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
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