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Earlier in life these beta cells were shown to exist as small clusters or as individual cells, but as we age they grow in number and mature into larger groups known as Islets of Langerhans.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025

In his pressed black-and-whites he reminded me of the Magellanic penguins that had waddled up to us on the beaches of the Tuckers Islets a few days earlier.

From The Guardian • Jan. 16, 2016

Insulin is a hormone secreted by the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas.

From Time Magazine Archive

Indeed, at that time the society of New Orleans had other things to think about than the fate of the Des Islets.

From Balcony Stories by King, Grace E.

Next day we shifted our berth to a more secure anchorage under the neighbouring Pipon Islets, where the Bramble joined us in the evening.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 by MacGillivray, John