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EPISODE · Aug 2, 2013 · 4 MIN

How do cells know what they will be when they grow up?

from Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists · host Dr Chris Smith

5 yr old Georgia asks how did the cells in her mum's tummy know to make her brain cells? A Nobel Laureate provides the answer! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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