Also known as: biochem.
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Relating to biochemistry, the application of the tools and concepts of chemistry to living systems. Biochemists study such things as the structures and physical properties of biological molecules, including proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids; the mechanisms of enzyme action; the chemical regulation of metabolism; the chemistry of nutrition; the molecular basis of genetics. The chemistry of vitamins; energy utilization in the cell; and the chemistry of the immune response.Fields closely related to biochemistry include biophysics, cell biology, and molecular biology. Biophysics applies to biology the techniques of physics.
MedicalBiochemistry is the chemistry of living things. It is concerned with the structure and chemical processes of proteins, carbohydrates,lipids, nucleic acids and other molecules found in or produced by organisms.
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