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

To address this shortage, the research team is producing its own stem cell derived islet cells in the laboratory.

From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026

First, islet transplants depend on donor tissue, and there are not enough beta cells available.

From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026

It is also uncertain whether the number of islet cells typically recovered from a single donor would always be sufficient to reverse established Type 1 diabetes.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025

Every islet is thick with farms and fishermen’s houses, and these are gathered into townships each of ten or twenty islets.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin