Food Poisoning. Food poisoning (also known as foodborne illness or foodborne disease) is any illness that results from eating contaminated food. Causes. Harmful bacteria are the most common cause of food poisoning, but there are many other causes, including the following: Bacteria and Viruses. Molds, Toxins, and Contaminants.
Biomedical science, also known as health science, is the application of chemistry, biology, physics, engineering, and other scientific disciplines to the research and treatment of human health issues.
An important kind of medical research is clinical research, which is distinguished by the involvement of patients. Other kinds of medical research include pre-clinical research, for example on animals, and basic medical research, for example in genetics. Both clinical and pre-clinical research phases exist in the pharmaceutical industry's drug pipelines, where the clinical phase is denoted by the term clinical trial.