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

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

They introduced the engineered referee cells into mice that had received a transplant of human islet cells, modeling the treatment for type 1 diabetes.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024

Soon Razi and Shifa had left the whales behind as they moved on in search of the islet.

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