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Biomedicine
has,
on occasion, been defined as the branch of
medicine that applies the principles of the natural sciences to clinical
medicine. In a very general sense, it may be said to be a branch of
biotechnology, but that categorization does not seem to add much to the overall
picture most people of have of biomedecine. One might as well say that medicine
is a branch of technology. Our view is that Biomedicine is a science that
is broad enough to stand on its own, connected to many other sciences and
sharing the purpose, if not the scope of medicine itself. What
distinguishes it from medicine proper is its emphasis on the specific tools it
uses to advance the interests of mankind.
Biology, botany, and physiology are often cited as branches of the
natural sciences which are most often used in biomedical research, but, of late,
several other sciences have been invoked in research projects and practical
applications. Thus, more recently, the study of certain sciences less
traditionally thought to contribute to the development of Biomedicine,
such as Engineering,
has convinced many that the erstwhile limits placed upon the fields of
expertise researchers and practitioners must first master
before aspiring to
participate in biomedical projects as peers have given way to a less
compartmentalized but no less rigorous approach.
Today, Biomedicine extends
to the study of human beings' resistance to stresses and variations, such
as in the weightless environment of space travel, supersonic acceleration,
protracted exposure to hypothermia, vibration and radioactivity, as well as many
other conditions which the sciences in many other fields allow us to experience
today. It includes the development of aids or replacements for defective
body organs, genome research and other genetic application programs which only a
few years ago were thought to belong only in the realm of science-fiction.
One of the aims of the authors
of this Website is to publish information about this rich and fascinating area
of science, and thereby help our audience better to discriminate among the
sources of information, the planners and the players in the group of people
active in it, and thereby better to decide whether to commit resources of time
or money to it , and when they cannot, where to look to supplement their
experience.
DISCA sm
will, from time to
time, publish on this page articles of interest in the field of
biomedicine. You are invited to submit your proposed article for
publication on the
understanding that you agree that your submittal may be deemed to be your
representation that the material submitted may be published free of charge and
is not subject to any reservation of
rights you or anyone else may have under the laws of any country applicable to
intellectual property, and that you will hold us harmless from any claim based
on the violation of any such rights, if your article is selected for
publication.
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