DEFINITIONS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

                                  VIKASH KR. YADAV                                                                  

DEFINITIONS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY:-

                                                                   1- Biotechnology is any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use.

                                                                        

2- Biotechnology is the use of living systems and organisms to develop or make useful products. 

3- Any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use" (UN Convention on Biological Diversity).Depending on the tools and applications, it often overlaps with the (related) fields of bioengineering and biomedical engineering.

The concept of 'biotech' or 'biotechnology' 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. Modern usage also includes genetic engineering as well ascell and tissue culture technologies. Biotechnology is defined by the American Chemical Society as the application of biological organisms, systems, or processes by various industries to learning about the science of life and the improvement of the value of materials and organisms such as pharmaceuticals, crops, and livestock.In other words, biotechnology can be defined as the mere application of technical advances in life science to develop commercial products. Biotechnology also writes on the pure biological sciences (genetics, microbiology, animal cell culture,molecular biology, biochemistry, embryology, cell biology).