What is Molecular Biology?

Molecular biology is the science of study of biology athuman kind.
the molecular level.Molecular biology depends not only on biology but also
William Astbury in Nature described molecular biologychemistry, genetics, and biochemistry. The
as:understanding of the interactions between DNA, RNA,
"... not so much a technique as an approach, anproteins and lipids is vital in understanding how cells
approach from the viewpoint of the so-called basicwork and how diseases affect these interactions.
sciences with the leading idea of searching below theResearchers and scientists are slowly piecing together
large-scale manifestations of classical biology for thethese interactions and how each biological molecule
corresponding molecular plan. It is concernedfunctions. By understanding this, scientists can then
particularly with the forms of biological molecules and .....examine disease conditions, and see if the function of
is predominantly three-dimensional and structural -any of the molecules has changed. If a molecule or
which does not mean, however, that it is merely ainteraction is affected by disease, scientists can then
refinement of morphology - it must at the same timecreate therapies which target these alterations and
inquire into genesis and function" (W.T. Astbury, Naturerepair them.
190, 1124. 1961)In conclusion, molecular biology is a vital field in our
Molecular biology has allowed us to uncover theadvancement of medicine and technology. By
mysteries of the human body, viruses, bacteria and allunderstanding how biological molecules interact and
other life. As such, it has allowed the progress offunction, we will be able to not only gain an
medicine to advance to such a degree so that weappreciation of the workings inside the cell, but also it
may begin to cure the previously incurable, and towill allow us detect and to fix any problems that arise
eventually find cures for every disease that afflictsduring disease states.