What is Chemical biology?
'''Chemical biology''' is a science that combines the fields of [[chemistry]] and [[biology]]. It involves the application of chemical techniques and tools, often compounds produced through [[chemical synthesis|synthetic chemistry]], to the study and [[wikt:manipulation|manipulation]] of biological systems. It is different from [[biochemistry]]. Biochemistry is the study of the chemistry of [[biological]] [[molecule]]s. For example, a biochemist studies the three-dimensional structure of a [[protein]] and how that structure relates to the chemistry of the protein. Also, biochemistry studies the way enzymes work. Chemical biologists use chemical principles to modulate systems. They do this to either [[wikt:investigate|investigate]] biology relationships or create new [[function]]s. In this way, the [[research]] done by chemical biologists is often closer to that of [[cell biology]] than biochemistry. Biochemists work in the chemistry of biology, but chemical biologists work in chemistry applied to biology. ==Other websites== * [http://www.biochemweb.org/chemical.shtml Chemical Biology - BioChemWeb.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812042403/http://biochemweb.org/chemical.shtml |date=2013-08-12 }} * [http://www.chemicalbiology.ac.uk Chemical Biology Doctoral Training Centre, Imperial College London] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080630180129/http://www.chemicalbiology.ac.uk/ |date=2008-06-30 }} {{BranchesofChemistry}} {{chem-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chemical Biology}} [[Category:Cells]] [[Category:Branches of chemistry]]