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nurse cell

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nurse cell [′nərs ‚sel]
(histology)
A cell type of the ovary of many animals which nourishes the developing egg cell.
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Woodruff said that the discovery would enable researchers to understand how nurse cells (granulosa cells), the cells that support and surround the maturing egg, communicate with the egg.
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In the egg chambers of fruit flies, that RNA also moves from nourishing cells called nurse cells to the maturing egg, traveling through cytoplasmic pathways called ring canals, says Columbia's Tulle Hazelrigg.
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