Medical Research & Laboratory Sciences
Medical research & laboratory sciences jobs involve the investigation of human diseases in order to improve human health. Medical research & laboratory sciences practitioners develop drug therapies and vaccines as solutions to health problems. Medical research & laboratory sciences research can also open up new techniques and research tools which have medical applications. Medical research & laboratory sciences sectors have discovered or exploited advances in biotechnology - such as genetic engineering, where isolating, identifying, and sequencing human genes has led to discovering genes associated with inherited traits and diseases. Medical research & laboratory sciences employees can then focus on identifying or developing curative processes. In addition to developing treatments for health problems, Medical research & laboratory sciences develop preventative solutions to health problems by examining the link between alcoholism and liver disease or between smoking and lung cancer. Some medical research & laboratory sciences researchers specialise in epidemiology and public health, developing methods of prevention and control of disease, disability and other health problems.
In the UK, medical research & laboratory sciences researchers tend to work in universities and teaching hospitals, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies or in research establishments. Medical research & laboratory sciences scientists increasingly work as part of multidisciplinary teams of engineers, other scientists, technicians and business developers.
Medical research & laboratory sciences in laboratories can involve testing human samples to help clinicians diagnose illness and evaluate the effectiveness of the necessary treatment.
Following basic training, most Medical research & laboratory sciences individuals will develop a specialism in medical microbiology, clinical chemistry, transfusion science, haematology, histopathology, cytology, immunology or virology.
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