History and development of Endocrinology(2) Advances in cell biology, molecular biology, and genetics over the ensuing years began to help explain the mechanisms of endocrine diseases and of hormone secretion and action Although these advances have embedded endocrinology into the framework of molecular cell biology they have not changed the essential subject of endocrinology the signaling that coordinates and controls the functions of multiple organs and processes4 Advances in cell biology, molecular biology, and genetics over the ensuing years began to help explain the mechanisms of endocrine diseases and of hormone secretion and action. Although these advances have embedded endocrinology into the framework of molecular cell biology, they have not changed the essential subject of endocrinology _____the signaling that coordinates and controls the functions of multiple organs and processes. History and development of Endocrinology (2)