Chemical biology

'Chemical biology' refers various academic programs integrating chemistry and biology, focusing on biological discovery and applications using chemical tools, thus defining the concept of programmatic biological discovery through chemistry.

Harvard University gives this description of their program:

The goal of the Chemical Biology Program is biological discovery, and its approach is the seamless integration of principles and experimental techniques drawn from both chemistry and biology…The focus of chemical biology is on biology, which distinguishes it from traditional chemistry, and it uses chemical tools, which distinguishes it from traditional biology. The field also has deep connections with medicine and pharmacology.<ref name=harvardcb>Program Rationale, Chemical Biology Program.

See also: Harvard’s Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology.