secretion
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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
The drug's overall effect is to promote a feeling of fullness or "satiety," which reduces the desire for food and to boost insulin secretion, which reduces glucose levels in the blood.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2024
A good zoo is a place of carefully worked-out coincidence: exactly where an animal says to us, “Stay out!” with its urine or other secretion, we say to it, “Stay in!” with our barriers.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
Nurse bees eat this material and process its nutrients into glandular secretions, including royal jelly, which are then fed to developing larvae.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
Leafcutter ants cultivate fungus for food, while ants of the Lasius genus tend aphids for their sweet secretions “like domestic cattle.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
In theory, each ingredient plays a role: one dries secretions, another loosens phlegm, a third dulls the cough reflex.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
Since the virus has been found in nasal secretions in early infection, it's possible the water tanks for the herds' drinking water could be a source of infection.
From Salon ● May 13, 2024
The leech's tiny teeth bite into the vein, and its secretions start to flow.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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