BIOCHEMISTRY ASSIGNMENT Maria Kathrina Crave BSN-1B November _, 2011

I. RELEVANCE OF BIOCHEMISTRY TODAY IN MEDICINE Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes and a substance occurring in living things, for short it is chemistry for life. It also focuses structure and properties of all the constituents of living matter with the complex reactions and pathways of these in metabolism. Biochemists study such things as the structures and physical properties of biological molecules, including the proteins, the carbohydrates, the lipids, and the nucleic acids; the mechanisms of enzyme action; the chemical regulation of metabolism; the molecular basis of genetic expression; the chemistry of vitamins; chemoluminescence; biological oxidation; and energy utilization in the cell. The study of the chemistry of the immune response offers the possibility of treatment and cure for such diseases as AIDS and lupus. That is why Biochemistry is an essential part of medical aspects.
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II.RELEVANCE OF BIOCHEMISTRY TO NURSING

The broad goal of teaching Biochemistry to nursing students is to enable then to understand, the chemical processes taking place in the human body in health and disease. This will help them to increase the quality of patient care and be able to gain deeper knowledge of the chemical reactions found in our human body and also this study allow us to gain more insight upon what we put into our bodies, through either medicine or food, ensuring that we do not harm ourselves with either poison or excessive doses. In recent times, over the past 40 years, biochemistry has become increasingly successful in terms of helping us understand the chemical processes within living organisms, to the extent that practically every area of life science from medicine to botany now interlinks with biochemistry. The current main focus where biochemistry is concerned surrounds the process within which biological molecules give rise to processes that occur in living cells, helping us understand and study whole organisms to a much deeper level. Using biochemistry can be helpful in the nursing profession, allowing nurses to determine how much medicine should be prescribed or given to each patient they encounter. It ensures that nobody gets too high of a dose for their body and that people recover in as little time as is possible.

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