I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua ulu wikiwiki ka biotechnology hou i hōʻike ʻia e ka genetic engineering, cell engineering, enzyme engineering a me fermentation engineering, a ke hoʻololi nei a hoʻololi i ka hana a me ka nohona o nā kānaka. ʻO ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo biotechnology e pili ana i "ka ʻenehana o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea ola (a i ʻole nā ​​​​mea ola) e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i nā huahana, nā mea kanu a me nā holoholona, ​​​​a i ʻole e kanu i nā microorganism no nā kumu kūikawā". ʻO ka bioengineering ka huaʻōlelo maʻamau o ka biotechnology, e pili ana i ka hui ʻana o Biochemistry, molecular biology, microbiology, genetics a me biochemical engineering e hoʻololi a hana hou i ka genetic material o nā cell i hoʻolālā ʻia, hoʻoulu i nā ʻano hou, hoʻohana i ka ʻōnaehana olaola e kū nei ma ke ʻano ʻoihana. , a hana i nā huahana ʻoihana ma o nā kaʻina biochemical. I ka pōkole, ʻo ia ke kaʻina hana o ka ʻenehana o nā mea ola, nā ʻōnaehana ola a i ʻole nā ​​​​kaʻina ola. ʻO ka bioengineering e pili ana i ka genetic engineering, cell engineering, enzyme engineering, fermentation engineering, bioelectronic engineering, bioreactor, sterilization technology and emerging protein engineering.