noun problems

[higurashi]

Hi, everyone.

Everytime I read a sentence like below, I get confused because I don't know how to divide the nouns.

Finally, academic scientists and leaders in biotech, medical imaging and big drug companies recognize "there is more to AD than B-amyloid alone," the paper concludes.

Question: Who recognize "there is more to AD"? Are they;

1. academic scientists, leaders in biotech, medical imaging and big drug companies, or

2. academic scientits, leaders in (biotech, medical imaging and big drug companies)?

Which words does "leaders" modify?

Thank you,
Higurashi

[Casiopea]

It's academic scientists and leaders in these areas:

biotech,
medical imaging and
big drug companies

They all recognize "there is more to AD than B-amyloid alone."

All the best.

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by higurashi

Hi, everyone.

Everytime I read a sentence like below, I get confused because I don't know how to divide the nouns.

Finally, academic scientists and leaders in biotech, medical imaging and big drug companies recognize "there is more to AD than B-amyloid alone," the paper concludes.

Question: Who recognize "there is more to AD"? Are they;

1. academic scientists, leaders in biotech, medical imaging and big drug companies, or

2. academic scientits, leaders in (biotech, medical imaging and big drug companies)?

Which words does "leaders" modify?

Thank you,
Higurashi

It probably doesn't matter much because, as Cas said, they all agree. In my reading, "academic scientists" is one group and "leaders in biotech companies, medical imaging companies, and big drug companies" is the other group. I say this because academic scientists tend to work for universities and/or teaching hospitals, not for companies.

BY the way, AD probably stands for Alzheimer's Disease because of the reference to B-amyloid.

[higurashi]

Thank you, Casiopea-san and Mikenew York-san!

Higurashi

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by higurashi

Thank you, Casiopea-san and Mikenew York-san!

Higurashi

You're welcome, Higurashi-san.