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

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

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

They then used a gentle pre-transplant preparation involving immune-targeting antibodies and low-dose radiation, followed by a transplant of blood stem cells and islet cells from an unrelated donor, to restore blood sugar control.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025

“It’s just—this—” She gestured around them at the little islet, small and unprotected.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook