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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 ofmetabolism; 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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