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
One pattern, called "pancreatic predominant," is marked by unusually high fat levels in the pancreas compared with other parts of the body.
From Science Daily • Jan. 28, 2026
It's an immunotherapy called teplizumab that helps calm her immune system to slow its attack of her pancreas.
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
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