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Two parallel neural ectoderm progenitors contribute to the developing brain

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itvision · 1789800711 · focus · HN ↗
What a way to oversell the discovery.
The reality is:
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    * Different brain regions have different functions: ancient knowledge.
    * Different regions contain distinct cell types and molecular programs: also well established.
    * Anterior and posterior brain structures may trace back to fundamentally separate progenitor lineages that were independently specified very early in evolution and development: that&#x27;s the interesting new result.
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The headline should have been: "Human forebrain and hindbrain arise from distinct embryonic progenitor lineages" - not that we have "two organs" in the brain.
1. huurtehoog · 1789824560 · focus · HN ↗
  I'm sorry, it just sounds like you're mad at medical researcher for trying to make their research more accessible?
  What do you mean by oversell? And why do you think the general public would be more apt to understand "distinct embryonic progenitor lineages" than "two organs"?
  What exactly is the problem here? You think medical researcher are using medial nomenclature wrong?
  Honestly write a paper about it then.
  1. xtiansimon · 1789824855 · focus · HN ↗
    > “…make their research more accessible.”
    I wanted a drawing, but was disappointed.

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