Occupation or Discipline
molecular medicine Audio
mo·lec·u·lar med·i·cine [ muh-lek-yuh-ler med-uh-sin ]
Subclass of:
Molecular Biology; Medicine
Definitions related to molecular medicine:
  • A branch of medicine that develops ways to diagnose and treat disease by understanding the way genes, proteins, and other cellular molecules work. Molecular medicine is based on research that shows how certain genes, molecules, and cellular functions may become abnormal in diseases such as cancer.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The branch of medicine that tries to understand disease processes by understanding the way that genes, proteins, and molecules interact; also concerned with genetically based treatments.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The field of medicine concerned with understanding the biochemical basis of health and disease and involved in developing diagnostic and therapeutic methods that utilize MOLECULAR BIOLOGY techniques.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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