Others say it is irrelevant that the biological effect of the plant pills is not understood.

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Third, it would need to have a biological effect when ingested.

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"We've shown this is something that has a biological effect, " says Mark Tarnopolsky, a co-author of the study and a professor of pediatrics and medicine at McMaster University Medical Center in Hamilton, Ontario.

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The author says that no single innovation will have a more profound effect than the conversion of biological data.

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The biological basis for this complementary color effect is not well understood, nor is the depth of shadow, which is also an illusion.

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They note that it hits only one unproven mechanism behind stroke and that it may be necessary to hit multiple biological pathways to get a significant effect.

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The bottom line is that for the time being, from a regulatory perspective each biosimilar version of an approved biological product will be regarded as, in effect, a completely new and distinct drug.

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