tuft
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When the tuft cells were exposed to succinate, a compound released by parasitic worms, the nearby sensor cells lit up.
From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026
As the immune response builds and tuft cells increase in number, they begin producing a slower, sustained release of the same signal.
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
In it is a tuft of Mason's hair and she then shows everyone his handprints, made following his death.
From BBC • Dec. 21, 2024
Lupin shouted, pulling a photograph from inside his jacket and showing it to Fleur and Harry, who saw a tiny baby with a tuft of bright turquoise hair, waving fat fists at the camera.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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