The stone beach is very attractive with an offshore islet sporting a tiny chapel to add to the romantic setting. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
They were the leading center in islet transplantation. From Wordnik.com. [Riva Greenberg: Curing Diabetes: How Close Are We?] Reference
And his interest in islet transplantation goes back to when he was a medical student. From Wordnik.com. [Islet Transplant - Towards a Cure for Diabetes] Reference
Older, traditional assays, or tests, determine risk for type 1 diabetes by identifying what are called islet cell antibodies. From Wordnik.com. [The Autoimmune Epidemic] Reference
In the pancreas, cells called islet cells secrete the insulin. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Very many years ago the islet was the headquarters of a béche-de-mer fisherman. From Wordnik.com. [Last Leaves from Dunk Island] Reference
The latter in this and in other parts of the islet is a medley of comminuted shells. From Wordnik.com. [To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative] Reference
Then nine years ago, my consultant told me about a new procedure called islet cell transplantation. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
In a sea which shone like polished silver the islet was a gem -- green enamel, amethyst rocks, golden sand. From Wordnik.com. [My Tropic Isle] Reference
In a sea which shone like polished silver the islet was a gem — green enamel, amethyst rocks, golden sand. From Wordnik.com. [My Tropic Isle] Reference
Mr. Jobs has in the past been diagnosed with a rare type of pancreatic cancer called islet cell neuroendocrine tumor. From Wordnik.com. [Apple Soars, but Mum on Jobs] Reference
Doctors have had some success with pancreas transplants, and with transplants of just the pancreatic beta cells also known as islet cells. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
They found that these "islet" cells came from a small population of adult stem cells usually found near the portal vein. From Wordnik.com. [Baylor College of Medicine News] Reference
Ricordi and his team got the organ at 11 p.m. and spent the next six hours removing the insulin-producing "islet" cells. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Nor was this embryo islet destitute of inhabitants. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
Many diabetics lack the organ's insulin-producing islet cells. From Wordnik.com. [Replacement Parts] Reference
Sark's law still prohibits the Barclays from dividing up the islet. From Wordnik.com. [Daughters And Heirs] Reference
In an hour and a half after starting, we came in sight of the islet. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
The fine headland of Pentire reaches beyond, with its off-lying islet of Newland. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
This was in all probability a part of the ridge which Arthur had seen from the islet. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
Porth Enys, the island-port; and there is a little islet, St. Clement's, lying off it. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
The main trunk, springing up in the centre of the islet, was nearly three feet in diameter. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
Soon after starting, we doubled a projecting promontory, and lost sight of the boat and the islet. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
He's getting enough insulin from 2 million surgically implanted islet cells to eat ice cream with abandon. From Wordnik.com. [Replacement Parts] Reference
And then there's the famous Sveti Stefan, a medieval fishing village on an islet off the Montenegrin coast. From Wordnik.com. [Escape To The Balkans] Reference
Thus far, we had passed every night upon the islet, to which we had now become familiarised and accustomed. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
On Brecqhou, their private islet, they spent some £60 million to erect a castle known locally as the Carbuncle. From Wordnik.com. [Daughters And Heirs] Reference
For a number of days we remained upon the islet where we had first landed, seldom visiting even the adjacent shore. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
On approaching the place, we found that a little island, about the size of Palm-islet was there in process of formation. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
In sight of Godrevy lighthouse, walled in on its rocky islet, birds of prey hover almost motionless along the cliff edge. From Wordnik.com. [Country diary: Cornwall] Reference
The sun was not more than half an hour high, when we pushed off from the shore of the islet, and rowed over towards the mainland. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
Not many years since the floor of a barn on the islet collapsed, and underneath was discovered a cellar for the storage of such spirits. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
Strictly speaking, the name Scilly only attaches to one small islet lying off Bryher, but somehow it has affixed itself to the whole group. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
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