ENDOCRINOLOGY, TOXICOLOGY & DRUG TESTING

ENDOCRINOLOGY, TOXICOLOGY & DRUG TESTING

  Endocrinology, as i understand its definition, is the study of the body's hormones and their disorders in the body as they produce signals and help in regulation. This study involves and deals with the glands responsible for secreting certain hormones to be released in the circulatory system of the blood. The study deals with the explanation of the glands responsible in producing hormones in the endocrine system. These physicians studying this type of science are called Endocrinologists.

  During our brief discussion in our first day of class in Clinical Chemistry 3, Toxicology is the study of certain chemicals which are poisonous or dangerous to the human body. These chemicals may bring harm to the body and may lead to death. Toxicology deals with different types of chemicals, reagents, solutions which may put a human's life in danger. It involves knowledge with different types of hazardous chemicals we may encounter, not only in the laboratory but may be encountered anywhere.

  Drug testing, as the name implies, it deals with the testing of different types of drugs. This involves the study of chemicals present in these drugs which gives different effects to the body. In drug testing, we find out how the drug may react once taken, whether the body may benefit from the drug or if it may be toxic to the body instead. In the study of drug testing, it provides explanations on whether the drug shows therapeutic reactions or not.