biomedical sciences biomedical sciences biomedical sciences are a set of sciences applying portions of natural science or formal science, or both, to develop knowledge, interventions, or technology that are of use in healthcare or public health. such disciplines as medical microbiology, clinical virology, clinical epidemiology, genetic epidemiology, and biomedical engineering are medical sciences. in explaining physiological mechanisms operating in pathological processes, however, pathophysiology can be regarded as basic science. "biomedical science" redirects here. not to be confused with biomedical research.