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Area of study: Biochemistry

  • Biochemistry and molecular biology is a discipline that is central to all the life sciences and biomedical sciences. It seeks to describe the molecular basis of living systems from viruses to humans.
  • Biochemistry deals with the molecules of life and the mechanisms by which DNA, proteins and other biomolecules regulate cell functions.
  • Biochemistry underlies many aspects of biomedical sciences and human disease, and has wide medical, agricultural and industrial applications.
  • A sequence that integrates biochemistry with molecular biology is also offered.