"Careers in Chemistry"

Pharmaceutical Chemist

Pharmaceutical Chemist use both sophicated intrumentation and simple analytical procedures to study drug sand chemicals.  Pharmaceutical Chenist develop new methods to determine if an experimental drug is actual absorbed by the right tissues in a human body to determine the function of that certain body part.  They use their studies taken from humans and animals that have been treated with a drug they're experimenting on.

Pharmaceutical Chemist find new drugs that promote health and modifies diseases.  Due to the advances in biotechnology and informational technology, scientist has learnrd a great deal about the human body and how it works.  This is important because it gives them the knowledge and upper hand on future drugs that are either in clinical trail or waiting for FDA approval that can help with cancer, infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS and related conditions.

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                                                                                                                                                Lucreshia Doaks