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Earlier in life these beta cells were shown to exist as small clusters or as individual cells, but as we age they grow in number and mature into larger groups known as Islets of Langerhans.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025

In his pressed black-and-whites he reminded me of the Magellanic penguins that had waddled up to us on the beaches of the Tuckers Islets a few days earlier.

From The Guardian • Jan. 16, 2016

Insulin is a hormone secreted by the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas.

From Time Magazine Archive

Madame Des Islets died very soon after the accident—of rage, they say; and that was about all the public knew.

From Balcony Stories by King, Grace E.

The hauen of S. Iohns Islets dryeth vp all the waters that rise by flowing, although they flow two fadome at the least.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Hakluyt, Richard