islet
Example Sentences
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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
They were recognized as foreign tissue and were also targeted by an immune system already primed to attack islet cells from any source.
From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025
In the latest study, the team set out to solve a more difficult challenge: preventing or curing diabetes driven by autoimmunity, where the immune system spontaneously targets and kills the body's own islet cells.
From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025
Unlike the induced-diabetes model, where the main goal was to stop the recipient's immune system from rejecting donor islet cells, the new model involved transplanted islets that faced two problems at once.
From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025
The riders passed over to the islet, and glittering eyes watched them wanly from the shadows of the banks.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
