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.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
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
Stanford Medicine scientists report that giving mice both blood-forming stem cells and pancreatic islet cells from an immunologically mismatched donor either completely prevented or fully reversed Type 1 diabetes.
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
Yet he found a friend, a boatmaker who dwelt on the next islet eastward.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Iran claims three disputed islets -- Lesser Tunb, Greater Tunb and Abu Musa -- in the middle of the Gulf, which are also claimed by the United Arab Emirates.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Indonesia maintains it has no maritime disputes with China in the South China Sea, unlike other Asian nations, and does not contest ownership of reefs or islets there.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
According to Prakash there are a few key moments when Bombay really changed - in the 1830s and 40s, when reclamations and bunds joined the seven separate islets into a single island city.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
"Just like in human Type 1 diabetes, the diabetes that occurs in these mice results from an immune system that spontaneously attacks the insulin-producing beta cells in pancreatic islets," Kim said.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2025
The tiny outcroppings of rocks and lonesome islets in the extreme south are littered with the wreckage of dead ships.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
