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Biotech
Biotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use
of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology,
medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology
also utilizes these products for manufacturing purpose. Modern use
of similar terms includes genetic engineering as well as cell- and
tissue culture technologies. The concept encompasses a wide range
of procedures (and history) for modifying living organisms
according to human purposes — going back to domestication of
animals, cultivation of plants, and "improvements" to these
through breeding programs that employ artificial selection and
hybridization. By comparison to biotechnology, bioengineering is
generally thought of as a related field with its emphasis more on
higher systems approaches (not necessarily altering or using
biological materials directly) for interfacing with and utilizing
living things. The United Nations Convention on Biological
Diversity defines biotechnology as:
"Any technological application that uses biological systems,
living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify
products or processes for specific use."
