Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, i-biotechnology yanamhlanje emelwe bubunjineli bemfuza, ubunjineli beeseli, ubunjineli be-enzyme kunye nobunjineli bokubila buphuhliswe ngokukhawuleza, kwaye buchaphazela kakhulu kwaye butshintsha imveliso kunye nendlela yokuphila yabantu. Into ebizwa ngokuba yi-biotechnology ibhekisela "kwiteknoloji yokusebenzisa izinto eziphilayo (okanye izinto eziphilayo) ukuphucula iimveliso, izityalo kunye nezilwanyana, okanye ukuhlakulela i-microorganisms ngeenjongo ezikhethekileyo". I-Bioengineering ligama eliqhelekileyo le-biotechnology, elibhekiselele ekudityanisweni kwe-Biochemistry, i-molecular biology, i-microbiology, i-genetics kunye nobunjineli be-biochemical ukuguqula okanye ukuyila kwakhona imathiriyeli yemfuza yeeseli eziyilwe, ukuhlakulela iintlobo ezintsha, ukusebenzisa inkqubo yebhayoloji ekhoyo kwinqanaba lezoshishino. , kunye nokwenza iimveliso zoshishino ngeenkqubo ze-biochemical. Ngamafutshane, yinkqubo yoshishino lwezinto eziphilayo, iinkqubo zobomi okanye iinkqubo zobomi. I-Bioengineering ibandakanya ubunjineli bemfuza, ubunjineli beeseli, ubunjineli be-enzyme, ubunjineli bokubila, ubunjineli be-bioelectronic, i-bioreactor, itekhnoloji yokubulala inzala kunye nobunjineli beprotheyini esakhulayo.