islet

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Along with another islet, Siri, "these islands have been fortified, turned into mini-fortresses with anti-ship missiles", Pierre Razoux from the France-based Mediterranean Foundation for Strategic Studies told AFP recently.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Many scientists view this field as the future of transplantation because stem cells can provide a virtually unlimited supply of islet cells for research and clinical use.

From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026

They were recognized as foreign tissue and were also targeted by an immune system already primed to attack islet cells from any source.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025

Possible solutions include producing large amounts of islet cells in the laboratory from pluripotent human stem cells or developing methods that help transplanted donor islets survive longer and function more efficiently after transplantation.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025

Zheng went up to the cliff to look, but both islet and sea were deserted.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook