Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine

Chemical Biology Scholarly Peer-review Journal

 Chemical biology is one field that exists in the overlap between biology and chemistry. It involves using the techniques, tools, and methods of chemistry to the study of biological systems. But it's important not to get chemical biology confused with biochemistry; they're quite different. Biochemists study the chemical side of biological organisms. They study the chemical reactions that happen inside organisms and the molecular make up of compounds found in organisms.Chemical biology on the other hand involves stimulating biological systems using chemicals. For example, you might add a chemical or specially designed sample of molecules to a tissue or cell and see what impact it has. The goal is often to figure out more detail about how the interactions work. Chemical biology usually involves smaller molecules than biochemistry, which looks at large molecules like nucleic acids and proteins. Examples and applications of chemical biology are often highly complex and technical and involve understanding how biological systems react to introduced chemicals on a tiny scale. But there are a few examples or applications of chemical biology that are easier to understand. One such example is the potential use of stem cells to help humans regenerate. Stem-cell research involves a special kind of human cell that have the potential to cause the rapid production of many cells of any type in the body. The hope is that they could be used to regenerate damaged tissues, such as repairing injuries, regrowing organs, or even giving people their sight back. Chemical biology gives us a potential way to adjust or control stem cells by adding or removing compounds which will cause them to behave differently.  

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