What college major would the research of new drugs, etc?

Question

what college major would include the research of new drugs or new ways in detroying cancer or viruses, even nanotechnology?

Answer 1

Many majors would work, depending upon how you want to approach this problem.

Biochemistry would work well for designing drugs and for understanding the mechanisms of how these drugs work.

Molecular biology would be good for working with cell lines to develop new drugs and test them.

Microbiology would look at it from the point of view of bacteria or viruses.

A good mathematics, computer systems, or engineering background would help for nanotechnology.

Answer 2

I would go into Biochemistry then. I'm a Molecular Biology major and I have learned alot of stuff regarding that. Chemistry is good for the drug aspect. Nanotechnology ..... well that's a different field.

Then you have Material Science Majors.

And also, Genetic Engineering and Bioinformatics.

It sounds like you wanna design drugs. Do Chemistry or Biochemistry!