But most biologics also have a flaw.

但是多数生药都有一个缺陷。

Drugs that are made of protein are called biologic drugs.

由蛋白质制成的药被称为生药。

They combine some of the best features of small-molecule and biologic drugs into one.

它们把小分子药和生药最的一些特征合为一体。

The first is the shape of your heart-a 'biologic' biometric or static trait, like fingerprints or iris patterns.

第一种是心脏的形状，这属于“生学”上的生识别或静态信息，比如指纹或虹膜模式。

And in general, biologics are great, because they avoid several ways that drugs can cause side effects.

一般来说，生药，因为它们能避免若干药引发的副作用。

Compared to small molecule drugs, and by this I mean regular drugs, like aspirin, biologics are quite large.

相比起小分子药，这里我指的是阿司匹林之类的常规药，生药分子挺大的。

Another side-bar: the Hatch-Waxman Act does not apply to biologics, or medications made from a living organism and its products.

《哈奇-韦克斯曼法案》不适用于生制，或通过活的有机体及其产制成的药。

Newer therapies called biologics can also be useful, because they block the actions of cytokines like tumor necrosis factor alpha and the interleukins.

生制剂治疗这种新疗法同样有效，能阻断TNF-α和IL-1等细胞因子的作用。

The group reached final compromises on the issues of intellectual property protection for new biologic drugs, car manufacturing rules, and dairy product trading.

他们就新的生制药知识产权保护，汽车生产规则和奶制贸易等达成了最后的妥协。

The other one: it had to be biologic in nature, because a tiny drop was sufficient to have a huge impact.

另一个：它必须是生性质的，因为一小滴就足以产生巨大的影响。

Our brains seem to reflexively associate beauty and good. And this reflexive association may be the biologic trigger for the many social effects of beauty.

我们的大脑似乎会反射性地把美与连结在一起。社会上因「美」而产生的回馈，其背后的关联性可能就是这些生触发器在驱动。

That includes the use of medications like corticosteroids, biologic agents that block the effect of tumor necrosis factor, and even intravenous immunoglobulin which can alter the immune system's activity.

其包括使用皮质类固醇等药，阻断肿瘤坏死因子作用的生制剂，甚至包括可改变免疫系统活动的静脉注射用免疫球蛋白。

Whether is a complete fossil of bacterium is problematical, it could be a part of that bacterium, it could be a section of one, but it's biologic in my view.

不论细菌的化石有没有疑问，它可能是细菌的一部分，它可能是某种切片，但是它在我眼里是个生。

For example " biological" relates to " biology" ; it's possible to say " biologic" but you'll almost never hear that, " biological" is the more popular one.

例如“biological” 与“biology” 相关；可以说“生的” ，但您几乎不会听说“生的” 是更流行的说法。

So, here is the bottom line: because of these laws, patients who require new drugs or biologics that are still under protection must pay the market price in the US.

因此，基本情况是这样的：由于这些法律的存在，需要新药或生制剂的病人必须支付它们在美国的市场价格。

This leads us to the million (or really trillion dollar) question: Why are brand-name drugs and biologics more expensive within the U.S. than they are in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and a host of other European nations?

这就带来了一个价值百万美元(或者万亿美元)的问题：为什么名牌药和生制在美国比在澳大利亚、加拿大、新西兰和许多其他欧洲国家贵？

In fact, we were one of the first ones that showed, with sickle cell, that the patient's report, based on those scales, was what was most indicative of whether they needed to be admitted, rather than any biologic marker.

事实上，我们是第一批通过镰状细胞显示患者的报告（基于这些量表）最能表明他们是否需要入院的指标，而不是任何生标志。