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"What we found is that tuft cells are doing something neurons do, but by a completely different mechanism," Tohara said.

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

"Controlling the outputs of tuft cells could be a way to control some of the physiologic responses associated with these infections," Locksley said, noting that the implications may extend beyond parasites.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2026

"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

His hair is a black tuft at the very crown of his head.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Black-necked grebes are known for their distinctive golden facial tufts and average about 55 breeding pairs in the UK each year, according to the RSPB, external.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

There, I met Dan, an affable middle-aged fellow with gray tufts of hair, who was bustling around with a vacuum.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

Little tufts of green leaves have emerged from the raw cuts where the burned branches once were, proving the tree to be more resilient than its otherwise relatively stark exterior might suggest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

Gray, black and white feathers and tufts littered the lawn.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

The visual image congealed; he saw at once a famous landscape, the old, brown, barren ascent, with tufts of dried-out bonelike weeds poking slantedly into a dim and sunless sky.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick