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The complications include inflammation of the brain, pancreas, testicles and ovaries, as well as the covering of the brain and spinal column.
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And her pancreas and lungs went to diabetes research.
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The real question is why anything—genetic or otherwise—would make the body attack its own pancreas, and Roep has spent decades searching for an answer.
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In January, the same research team presented promising findings in the journal Science on a blood test — called CancerSEEK — that’s capable of detecting malignancies of the liver, stomach, pancreas, esophagus, colon, lung and breast.
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That this combination works in principle was first shown last year, when a group at the Salk Institute in California reported making mice with eyes, pancreases, hearts and other organs composed of rat cells.
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High triglyceride levels are also linked to type 2 diabetes, inflammation of the pancreas, and other diseases.
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The average wait time for transplant for a kidney is five years, a liver is 11 months, a pancreas is two years.
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In the new study, the researchers first used pCLE on cancer patients who were undergoing surgery to remove the pancreas and the bile duct.
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: a large gland of the body that is near the stomach and that produces insulin and other substances that help the body digest food
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