pancreas

The pancreas plays a central role in regulating blood sugar and metabolism, so changes in its function could have broader effects throughout the body.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Fox had had parts of his spleen, pancreas, and small and large intestine removed, and yet his tubes and catheter were out and he was already walking with a walker.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

Mumps can cause deafness and inflame the brain, pancreas, testicles, ovaries and breast tissue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

Type 1 diabetes is caused when the body's own immune system starts attacking the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

“Sweetbread is made from the pancreas of a calf.”

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

Insulin, which was once obtained from animal pancreases, can now be made using engineered microbes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

Erewhon says the mix of uncooked beef livers, hearts, pancreases, kidneys and spleens swirling through the coconut cream in the beverage should not be considered “raw.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2024

The statute covers eyes, corneas, kidneys, livers, hearts, lungs, pancreases, bones and skin.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2023

He and his team were studying key hormones, including glucagon, in pancreases from anglerfish, which they pulled from Boston harbor.

From Science Magazine ● Sep. 8, 2023

Sweetbreads are made in Chicago of the pancreases of horned cattle.

From A Book of Burlesques by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken

“Based on communications we have received, we are concerned that many of these pancreata may not have been recovered for legitimate research purposes,” the letter reads.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2023