secretion

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The team found that many common, non-harmful gut bacteria carry type III secretion systems.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

The study appears in Science Advances under the title "A long-term ketogenic diet causes hyperlipidemia, liver dysfunction, and glucose intolerance from impaired insulin secretion in mice."

From Science Daily • Jan. 27, 2026

Novo’s cautious C-suite was ready to target Type 2 diabetes—an obvious choice, as GLP-1 augments insulin secretion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

The EU has already defined dairy items as products coming from the "normal mammary secretion".

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2025

Perhaps the most immediately useful result of this exploration of insect secretion is the development of lures, or attractants.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson