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Scientists are also investigating how rust secretes the substances that enable it to break into the plant's cells.
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The pancreas is an organ in the mid-abdomen that secretes digestive fluids through the pancreatic duct into the small bowel.
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Once it gets through, it secretes an enzyme into the barnacle and then waits for the acid to turn the poor guy into mush.
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The administration argues secrecy is needed to preserve the usefulness of those programs, and that State Secretes Privilege is a valuable tool.
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That could result in a "cytokine storm" in which the body secretes too many chemicals as it tries to kill offending microorganisms.
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Tooth enamel begins to form in the human embryo when a specialised layer of cells, called ameloblasts, in the embryonic tooth bud secretes amelogenin proteins.
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The hypothalamus also has connections to the cortex via the striatum and the nucleus accumbens, a structure that secretes its own dopamine and opioids in response to food (see graphic).
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Far from being harmful, amyloid is "actually a response to injury that the brain secretes to protect itself, like a scar, " argues Mark Smith, a neuroscientist at Case Western Reserve University.
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His new shrunken stomach was then attached further down his small intestine, to a section known as the ileum which secretes a different gut hormone, PYY, which is responsible for making you feel full.
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Even with a healthy BMI, for example, such people may harbor a lot of visceral fat, deep in their abdomen, a type of fat that is particularly dangerous to health, since it secretes hormones and substances that can hamper insulin's ability to break down sugar.
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Each is lined with tissue called the mucosa, which secretes mucus continuously along hairy cells called cilia and out a tiny passageway called an ostium, through which the mucus drains into the nasal cavity and down the back of the throat, where it is swallowed (unless you blow your nose).
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