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

For patients with severe cases that are difficult to control with exogenous insulin, doctors can perform islet cell transplants, which include beta cells.

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

Unlike the induced-diabetes model, where the main goal was to stop the recipient's immune system from rejecting donor islet cells, the new model involved transplanted islets that faced two problems at once.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025

The riders passed over to the islet, and glittering eyes watched them wanly from the shadows of the banks.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien