Mu myaka yashize, ikoranabuhanga ryibinyabuzima bigezweho rihagarariwe nubwubatsi bwa genetike, ingirabuzimafatizo, ubwubatsi bwa enzyme n’ubuhinzi bwa fermentation byateye imbere byihuse, kandi bigenda bigira ingaruka no guhindura umusaruro nubuzima bwabantu. Ibyo bita biotechnologie bivuga "ikoranabuhanga ryo gukoresha ibinyabuzima (cyangwa ibinyabuzima) mu kuzamura ibicuruzwa, ibimera n’inyamaswa, cyangwa guhinga ibinyabuzima bigamije intego zidasanzwe". Bioengineering nijambo rusange ryibinyabuzima, ryerekeza ku guhuza ibinyabuzima, ibinyabuzima bya molekuline, ibinyabuzima, ibinyabuzima, ingirabuzima fatizo n’ibinyabuzima kugira ngo bihindure cyangwa bivemo ibintu bikomoka ku ngirabuzimafatizo zabugenewe, guhinga ubwoko bushya, gukoresha sisitemu y’ibinyabuzima iriho ku ruganda. , no gukora ibicuruzwa byinganda muburyo bwa biohimiki. Muri make, ni inzira yinganda yibinyabuzima, sisitemu yubuzima cyangwa ubuzima. Bioengineering ikubiyemo ubwubatsi bwa geneti, ingirabuzimafatizo, ubwubatsi bwa enzyme, ubwubatsi bwa fermentation, bioelectronic injeniyeri, bioreactor, tekinoroji ya sterilisation hamwe na protein igaragara