What is the relevance of chemistry to medicine?
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an in-depth knowledge of chemistry is required to synthesize medications among many other things
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the reaction rates are important to study because in nature as in organic chemistry different reaction rates give different products.
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development of drugs using biochemistry\nunderstanding of organic processes\nenergy production\nmany others
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Gosh, I hope not.  Medicine is about much more than chemistry.
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Biochemistry\n\nThe chemistry of biology, the application of the tools and concepts of chemistry to living systems. \n\nBiochemists 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 (inheritance); the chemistry of vitamins; energy utilization in the cell; and the chemistry of the immune response.\n\nFields closely related to biochemistry include biophysics, cell biology, and molecular biology. Biophysics applies to biology the techniques of physics. Cell biology is concerned with the organization and functioning of the individual cell. Molecular biology, a term first used in 1950, It overlaps biochemistry and is principally concerned with the molecular level of organization. \n\nThe science of biochemistry has also been called physiological chemistry and biological chemistry
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Every thing you use, eat, or see in this world was/is being  created through the use of chemistry. Your life depends on chemistry for relaying neurotransmitters and nerve signals to all parts of your body, Chemistry is used for many many things, although you may not realize it, you use chemistry (mainly organic chemistry) every time you cook something to eat, chemists rely on chemistry to create almost every single man-made synthetic product (e,g; plastics, rubbers, synthetic clothing materials like nylon or rayon).
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In the past medicines were usually discovered by looking at the effect extracts from plants or other materials had on patients. Many treatments were described by the ancient Egyptians on medicinal papyri, these were then added to by the Greeks, Arabs and Europeans. Many of these like Morphine for the treatment of pain are still used today. These early medicines were then used to understand the biological mechanisms by which they work.\nNowadays scientists start with the mechanism and try to find molecules that block that mechanism and hopefully treat the illness. In a laboratory chemists can design and make many. many molecules these are then tested by biologists to see if they have the desired effect. Those molecules that have the correct activity are then subjected to a huge array of tests to see if they work in the illness but also don't cause any unwanted side-effects. This process can take upto ten years and cost 1 billion dollars!\nIf you want to read more try this book\nMeasly Medicine\nA romp through the history of healthcare, from Stone Age trepanning and the dodgy diagnostics of the Middle Ages to modern miracles and medical marvels.\nISBN: 0 439 95581 5. Paperback. £ 4.99
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Chemistry is Chemistry (derived from alchemy) is the science of matter and study of inner molecules and atoms. You study metal properties, its characteristics and behaviour. You study about Organic and InOrganic Materials. You will also learn about mixing chemicals - Reactants and Products. Don't worry now, it will soon become interesting.\n\nThe atomic mass of a chemical element is the mass of an atom at rest and Atomic number (Z) is the number of protons found in the nucleus of an atom.
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As important as the experiment they perform.\n\nUntil then, they are just materials for an experiment.
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Beware of BIOCHEMISTRY(from my own experience.. all doctors in med school exprerienced a hard time in Biochem, even our scholars and Magna-cum-laude. But of course they got better grades than us). Biochemistery covers almost everything... (PROTEIN CHEMISTRY AND METAB, AMINO ACIDS CHEMISTRY AND METAB, CARBOHYDRATE CHEMISTRY AND METAB, LIPID CHEMISTRY AND METAB, VITAMINS, MINERALS, DNA CHEMISTRY AND METAB, ENERGY METAB, ONCOGENESIS Purine and Pyrimidine synthesis&Metab,,, ETC.) To make it short...Biochem today is MOLECULAR in approach that is why it also cover CELL BIOLOGY and physiology. \nSo my advise is to you is to take cell biology which i know is not complicated and easier.\nCheck out  BIochemistry of Harpers or Lippincott (the easier approach)...for you to find out\ni hope this  one is helpful to you!\nGoodluck!
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Organic chemistry is the scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and synthesis of organic compounds. Organic compounds are composed of carbon and hydrogen, and can possibly contain any of the other elements such as nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur.\n       chemistry dedicated to the study of the structures, synthesis, and reactions of carbon-containing compounds.
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Chemistry is very important in this day and age. It helps make fire retartants, plastics that you store food in, and it even helps make the chips that are in your computer. Chemistry Helps make the Space shuttle go into space, Your cell phone work, and helps make preservatives for foods. \n\nIn all these cases scientists compare chemcials or make new ones by mixing known substances to create a new one or use one that is already available.\n\nYou can compare some types of chemistry to baking a cake ( which is a fun example). You measure liquids and powers and  mix them together to form the batter and then you heat the raw batter and you have changed it into cake by simply heating it to a certain temp. for a certain amount of time.\n\nI hope this helps your child with some basics.
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chemistry if you're concerned with what element it is (which is determined by atomic number), or physics if you're concerned about nuclear reactions (which can potentially change the atomic number of an atom).
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Why is this in the chemistry section?  Perhaps this would be more likely to get a reasonable answer if you put it in the medicine group?
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This question is sort of self-answering, isn't it? Anyway, it's important to have any applicable notes related to illnesses so that trends can be analyzed and doctors can keep up with the latest antidotes or surgical procedures.
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The most important concept of organic chemistry is "the interaction of filled and empty orbitals is stabilising!" Keep that in mind and you will be fine.
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Well, most elements are important to the human body and industry.\n\nTake carbon (C) for example.  Carbon is the quintessential element of organic chemistry, and therefore life itself!  But carbon finds numerous applications in industry, from carbon steel to plastics (which are composed of carbon based polymers) to the gasoline that you put in your vehicle.