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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 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

"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

“Interesting,” Rishi said, a small breeze lifting a tuft of his hair so he looked, adorably, like an Indian Dennis the Menace.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

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

In the frosty air, with their starchy beards and extravagant ear tufts, they looked magisterial.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

And after the rains, some have already begun to leaf — welcome tufts of green to the charred landscape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2025

He has sparkling blue-green eyes, thinning silver hair that spills onto his forehead, big ears, a triangular nose, and tufts of graying eyebrows.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom