How much biochemistry is covered in med school?

norcalguy
Fri, 21 May 2010 15:32:48 +0000

Biochem should be covered by med schools, not the UG. UG biochem courses have a much different focus (usually on glycolysis, TCA cycle, oxidative phosphorylation with no focus on disease states). Medical biochem focuses more on pathways that often not covered in great detail in UG biochem (like purine and pyrimidine synthesis, urea cycle, etc.) because those pathways have greater relevance to pathology and pharmacology.