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Chemical biology: an educational challenge for chemistry departments

Chemical biology, broadly defined as the application of chemistry to the study of molecular events in biological systems, presents an opportunity for the reorganization and revitalization of the chemistry curriculum.

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I would like to thank colleagues and friends who read this commentary and shared ideas on education in chemical biology with me over the past several years.

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Begley, T. Chemical biology: an educational challenge for chemistry departments. Nat Chem Biol 1, 236–238 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio1005-236

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