Molecular science vs.molecular medicine

• 来源期刊: 国家科学评论（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2019,（6）
• 页码范围: 1102
• 页数: 1页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwz181

摘要

Molecular medicine aims to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying disease pathogenesis in order to develop suitable diagnostic strategies and disease interventions.From this perspective,chemists can and have to play a pivotal role in the field of molecular medicine as chemists are molecular scientists.In 1949,the internationally renowned chemist Linus Pauling published his seminal work entitled ‘Sickle cell anemia,a molecular disease’,in Science,laying the groundwork for the field of molecular medicine.Over the past 70 years,chemistry has been one of the major forces pushing the field of molecular medicine to grow and evolve.Today,many important contributions made by chemists can be found in different subfields of molecular medicine,including molecular imaginG,molecular diagnosis,molecular drug design and gene editing,et al.As in other areas of science and technology development,molecular medicine is thriving with active contributions of chemists and other molecular scientists.