pancreas
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Previous research had already shown that PAM variants are more common in people with diabetes and can impair insulin release from the pancreas.
From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026
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
Similar changes are known to contribute to cancer development in other organs, including the breast and pancreas.
From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2026
In diabetes, these autoantibodies attack the pancreas - the organ which has the job of making insulin to control blood sugar.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026
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
Vocabulary lists containing pancreas
Steve Jobs's Commencement Address (2005)
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Human Anatomy and Physiology - Introductory
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