pancreas

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GLP-1 receptors are expressed not just in the pancreas and stomach, but throughout the vagus nerve, the brain stem, and the hypothalamus.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

Researchers found that a protein called periostin, along with stellate cells in the pancreas, plays a crucial role in helping cancer cells invade nearby nerves.

From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2026

Individuals in this group carried high levels of fat across most areas of the body, except for the liver and pancreas.

From Science Daily • Jan. 28, 2026

He had his pancreas removed a few years after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at the age of just 33 in 1994 and then had a stroke in 2016.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

He’d had cancer of the pancreas and in the end of the liver, and Ishmael had not been there at the final moment.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson