Medical Biochemistry

About this course

Medical biochemistry sits at the boundary between chemistry and medicine, using the tools and methods of biochemical science to understand how the human body works at the molecular level and what happens when biological processes go wrong. It is a discipline that underpins a huge amount of modern medicine, from the development of new drugs to the diagnosis of disease through blood tests and biomarker analysis. This three-year full-time programme at the University of Huddersfield has the potential to help you realise your passions and make contributions in medical research, the pharmaceutical industry, and wider areas of healthcare. The programme includes a foundation year, which gives you a structured introduction to the scientific principles underlying biochemistry before you progress into the main degree. You will study cell biology, molecular genetics, enzyme kinetics, metabolism, ph

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