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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Does "intrinsic cues" mean "inherent clues"?
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Instead of using so-called patterning growth factors to achieve this, scientists at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) fine-tuned growth conditions and provided a conducive environment. As a result, intrinsic cues from the stem cells guided the development towards different interdependent brain tissues. Using the "mini brains," the scientists were also able to model the development of a human neuronal disorder and identify its origin -- opening up routes to long hoped-for model systems of the human brain.
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130829093539.htm
Instead of using so-called patterning growth factors to achieve this, scientists at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) fine-tuned growth conditions and provided a conducive environment. As a result, intrinsic cues from the stem cells guided the development towards different interdependent brain tissues. Using the "mini brains," the scientists were also able to model the development of a human neuronal disorder and identify its origin -- opening up routes to long hoped-for model systems of the human brain.
MOre::
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130829093539.htm
Top answer
"Cues" are not "clues". Cells communicate with each other during development. They give each other cues, chemically, I suppose.
- "Cues" are not "clues".
- Cells communicate with each other during development.
- They give each other cues, chemically, I suppose.
- They prompt each other to develop in a certain way.
- The writer used "intrinsic" to contrast the Austrian technique, which pretty much left the cells alone to cue each other, with the usual one where "external" chemicals are introduced as cues.
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"Cues" are not "clues". Cells communicate with each other during development. They give each other cues, chemically, I suppose. They prompt each other to develop in a certain way. The writer used "intrinsic" to contrast the Austrian technique, which pretty much left the cells alone to cue each other, with the usual one where "external" chemicals are introduced as cues. I think.
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NL888intrinsic cues from the stem cells= chemical signals originating inside (i.e. produced by) the stem cells
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