He had been having abdominal pain for the past several weeks, but that night it was excruciating — like a knife plunged deep ...

Scientists discovered the spleen can support insulin-producing cells from the pancreas. This may change diabetes care.

Wenzhou Medical University researchers have reimagined the spleen as a viable site for islet transplantation, enabling ...

Adding a personalized mRNA vaccine to standard treatment could offer new hope for pancreatic cancer patients ... to depend on whether the patient's spleen was removed during surgery, as the ...

The difference seemed to hinge on what kind of surgery they had to remove their pancreatic cancer: People who had their spleen removed as part of their treatment did not generate a strong immune ...

The tapered left side extends slightly upward—called the body of the pancreas—and ends near the spleen—called the tail. The pancreas is made up of 2 types of glands: Exocrine. The exocrine gland ...

The latest advance from Clevers and his group is the development of a new organoid that mimics the human fetal pancreas, offering a clearer view into its early development. The complete structure ...

It’s impossible to overstate the importance of our brain. The organ, housed inside the skull and protected by a bony covering called the cranium, controls thought, memory, emotion, vision, and ...

The portal vein is formed by the merging of the splenic vein, which brings blood from the spleen ... and Pancreas. Saunders Elsevier; 2007. Carneiro C, Brito J, Bilreiro C, et al. All about portal ...

In February, Menounos had the tumor surgically removed, as well as part of her pancreas, her spleen, a fibroid and 17 lymph nodes. "It was super painful. I couldn't move or lift myself up," she said.

He allegedly told Beverly that the “spleen” was four times bigger than usual because it was diseased, and had migrated to the other side of her husband’s body. “Typical human anatomy ...

In 2010, Herrera and his researchers discovered that if beta cells die prematurely, the pancreatic cells responsible for producing other hormones such as glucagon, which counteracts insulin’s ...