When you don't produce enough insulin yourself, as diabetics do not, then you can use insulin as a drug.

如果你的体内不能产生足够的胰岛素,例如糖尿病人,你就可以将胰岛素作为药物使用

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Now, sometimes the agonist is the natural ligand itself and that's - an example of that is when you use insulin as a drug.

有时激动剂药物就是天然配体分子,例如将胰岛素作为药物使用

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We banned that drug and I haven't heard anybody saying that that was a wrong decision, that we should allow pregnant women who want to sleep better to take a drug that will mean their children are born without limbs.

我们禁止了这种药物的使用，但我们从未听说,有人认为这是个错误的决定，也从未有人说，我们应该允许,失眠的孕妇使用这种药品,即使她们的孩子可能从出生就没有四肢。

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Many people in this room are currently suffering from a mood disorder, an anxiety disorder or both, and I won't ask for a show of hands but I know a lot of people in this room are on some form of medication for this disorder.

这个教室中的许多人,都正在遭受心境障碍,焦虑障碍,或是同时受到两者的困扰,我不会让你们举手示意,但是我知道,这里的许多人都正在使用药物,治疗这些心理障碍

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