Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes in living organisms. It deals with the structure and function of cellular components such as proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids and other biomolecules. Although there are a vast number of different biomolecules many are complex and large molecules (called polymers) that are composed of similar repeating subunits (called monomers). Each class of polymeric biomolecule has a different set of subunit types.

In the ICT context, one strain of Future and Emerging Technologies - FET deals with a radically new kind of information processing technology inspired by chemical processes in living systems.

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This topic is addressed in the ICT work programme (p.42) under the following challenges/objectives:

> Challenge 3: Alternative Paths to Components and Systems

Objective ICT-2011.3.2 Smart components and smart systems integration
b) Micro-Nano Bio Systems (MNBS)