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"pancreatic duct" is a small tube found in the pancreas, an organ in the body. It acts like a pathway for digestive juices produced by the pancreas to travel to the small intestine.
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- To find an alternative treatment, Philippe Lysy at the Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc — part of the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL)-- in Belgium and his colleagues turned to cells from pancreatic ducts extracted from dead donors who weren't diabetic at the time of death. (newscientist.com)
- Earlier research suggested there could be a connection between drugs which enhance the actions of GLP - 1 and pancreatitis, possibly caused by an increase in the rate of formation pancreatic duct cells. (ahealthblog.com)
- Additionally, a larger cyst size on an imaging scan, cysts in the main pancreatic duct, and the presence of nodules on the cyst wall were all risk factors. (sciencedaily.com)
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