Definition of pancreas
:a large lobulated gland of vertebrates that secretes digestive enzymes and the hormones insulin and glucagon
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This is crucial because keeping peaks in blood sugar down is better for the health of our entire body: our blood, our pancreas, our waistline.
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Clevers and others have since grown organoids from many other organs, including the stomach, pancreas, brain, and liver.
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Similar to food allergies, Type 1 diabetes is an immune disorder — a disease in which the immune system misidentifies a harmless or even necessary agent (whether ingested peanuts or insulin-making cells in the pancreas) as a threat.
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A few weeks after his birth, a specialist told me that my breast milk might make my son’s newborn pancreas work.
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Also: Gelrud is an expert in procedures that help diagnose and treat diseases of the bile duct and pancreas.
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Type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease, occurs when the body's immune system cells mistakenly attack the insulin-producing (beta) cells in the pancreas.
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Too much drinking can have long-term affects on the liver, pancreas, heart and other organs.
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Among conditions in which this has occurred are thyroid disease, heart attack, cancers of the lung and pancreas, and the adrenal disorder Cushing’s disease.
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plural pancreases
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\pan-ˈkrē-ət-ə\
:a large lobulated gland that in humans lies in front of the upper lumbar vertebrae and behind the stomach and is somewhat hammer-shaped and firmly attached anteriorly to the curve of the duodenum with which it communicates through one or more pancreatic ducts and that consists of (1) tubular acini secreting digestive enzymes which pass to the intestine and function in the breakdown of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates; (2) modified acinar cells that form islets of Langerhans between the tubules and secrete the hormones insulin and glucagon; and (3) a firm connective-tissue capsule that extends supportive strands into the organ
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