The Pancreas (IMAGE)

NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute

The Pancreas

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A representative image of the pancreas. Beta cells in the pancreas produce insulin, lack of which can cause type 2 diabetes.

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Ernesto del Aguila III, NHGRI

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