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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

For patients with severe cases that are difficult to control with exogenous insulin, doctors can perform islet cell transplants, which include beta cells.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 2, 2026

Possible solutions include producing large amounts of islet cells in the laboratory from pluripotent human stem cells or developing methods that help transplanted donor islets survive longer and function more efficiently after transplantation.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2025

In this disease, the body's own immune defenses mistakenly attack and destroy the insulin-producing islet cells in the pancreas.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2025

The water had receded from the islet and the boat was once again resting on the sand beneath the coconut trees.

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

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

Those in larger islets were still attacked, but were more durable allowing patients to still produce low levels of insulin which reduced the severity of their disease.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025

Ha Long Bay in Quang Ninh province is dotted with hundreds of tiny islets, attracting 4 million tourists in 2019, and is a Unesco World Heritage site.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2025

In this hybrid war of nerves fought around islands, islets, reefs and fishing grounds, the “Christmas Convoy” embraces some of the “grey zone” military tactics that China pioneered.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 5, 2023

They left Murano—the glassmakers’ island—behind them and cruised on, deeper into the maze of islands and grassy islets.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke