Biological/Biochemistry

 What is biochemistry?

Biochemistry studies the chemical processes associated with living organisms. It is a laboratory-based science that combines biology and chemistry.

Biochemists study the structure, composition, and chemical reactions of matter in biological systems, as well as their functions and the potential to control them. Biochemistry emerged as a distinct field when scientists combined biology with organic, inorganic, and physical chemistry. They have started research in areas such as:

How organisms obtain energy from food

The chemical basis of heredity

Fundamental Changes That Occur in Disease

Biochemistry includes the sciences of molecular biology, immunochemistry, neurochemistry, bioinorganic, bioorganic, and biophysical chemistry.

What do biochemists do?

Biochemists usually collaborate with scientists in a variety of other fields on problems that are very small parts of very large and complex systems.

Industry biochemists are interested in specific applications that lead to marketable products

Biochemists at universities or government laboratories do more basic research and less applied research

Where is biochemistry used?

Biochemistry has obvious applications in medicine, dentistry, and veterinary medicine. Other applications are:

Nutrition

Biochemists determine the chemical composition of food, explore ways to unlock abundant, cheap and nutritious food sources, develop methods to extract nutrients from waste, and/or extend the shelf life of food. invent the

Agriculture

Biochemists study the interactions between herbicides/pesticides and plants and pests. They study the structure-activity relationships of compounds, determine their ability to inhibit growth, and assess their toxicological effects on surrounding organisms.

pharmacology, physiology, microbiology, toxicology and clinical chemistry

Biochemists study the mechanisms of action of drugs. Participate in virus research. Conduct research on organ function. Or use the concepts, procedures, and techniques of chemistry to study the diagnosis and treatment of disease and the assessment of health.

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