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"Human liver" vs "human liver cell line" may sound like only a slight alteration in meaning to a layperson, but it's actually an enormous difference. I don't th
by jimrandomh 5y ago
"Human liver" vs "human liver cell line" may sound like only a slight alteration in meaning to a layperson, but it's actually an enormous difference. I don't think anyone is particularly surprised to hear that a cancer cell line is expressing reverse transcriptase and grabbing random mRNA. People would be very surprised to hear that about cells in a random human.
- hajile 5y agoThat's true, but what other word would I drop to add those words? Maybe it's too much to assume people on a technical forum will read the paper (or at least the abstract/conclusion) for themselves.