"Tuft cells play key roles in immunity and are also implicated in diseases including obesity, inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer," Kuang said. "Our findings suggest new avenues for ...

Researchers have successfully labeled individual sensory cells that can detect foreign organisms and irritating chemicals. The cells developed in the lungs of mice after a severe case of flu, they ...

The villi reach out from the inner walls of the small intestine—the 20+ foot tube that connects the stomach and large ... just beneath the epithelium. Tuft cells and receptors in the villi ...