you'll be studying an msc in advanced biochemistry at the strathclyde institute of pharmacy & biomedical sciences that's a leading centre for research focused on developing new medicines, better medicines and better use of medicines. advanced biochemistry (msc) has a special focus on how cells work at molecular level. together with the related field of molecular biology, biochemistry provides important advances in understanding the molecular basis of life, and how alteration or disruption of these molecular pathways leads to disease processes.