But the Food and Drug Administration does not prospectively review food claims because American law says that foods are allowed to affect the "structure and function" of the body, so long as they do not actually claim to treat disease.
But the Merck-bound scientist's main interest has been in the structure and function of proteins, the building blocks of all living things and the basis for most drugs.
Even if the human brain were significantly different in structure and function the basics of behavior, action, social living were all evolved and inherited from all other living things.
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Further, nothing was done that affected the structure or function of his body.
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He also cautions against applying information gleaned from studying the structure and function of chimpanzee brains to the human realm.
In general, an eyelash-growth claim "would indicate an intent to affect the structure or function of the body, and thus, cause the product to be a drug, " which would require FDA approval, says Shelly Burgess, a spokeswoman.
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Hajduch and his colleagues in Ukraine conducted a proteomic study (examining the structure and function of proteins) of the plants and found that the seeds harvested inside the exclusion zone compared favorably with ones grown in non-contaminated soil outside.
Dr Dobson and Dr Serrano have now shown that mutations, used judiciously, can actually suppress it and that they can do so without changing the protein's structure and function.
Since I had built a shared services model within the global IT function, taking millions of dollars out of cost structure while improving service levels around the world, our CEO thought it would make sense to look for opportunities to utilize that same model in other parts of the business.
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My sense is that the human mind is not to be found in the structure of the brain, but rather in its function.
Back in the Olympic Park, the most controversial structure has no sporting function whatsoever.
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Ultimately, higher tree mortality may lead to significant shifts in forest structure and function, the report states.
Varicent analyzes sales data and helps companies make decisions regarding compensation and sales and helps align the compensation structure strategically to the sales function.
It was largely the function of now-obsolete trade union contracts and corporate structure.
All of these early influences impair brain structure and function, and they contribute to the brain impairments we find in criminals and psychopaths in later life.
Researchers used x-ray technology to examine the structure of the enzyme, which changes depending on its function.
Professor Crick won the prize in 1962 for his discovery of the structure of the DNA molecule, making it possible to decode how living beings function.
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Creating a structure gives you a way to function, steady ground to return to when the tide of stress swells and recedes and swells again.
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