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For questions regarding the chemistry of living organisms.

Biochemistry concerns itself with any and all kinds of chemical reactions that take place within living organisms.
This includes biomolecules, such as fats (lipids), proteins, carbohydrates and nucleic acids (such as DNA) and their interactions, from the individual steps of a reaction all the way to complex systems capable of transforming food into energy and developing and storing memories.

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