Biotechnology Biotechnology a common word in the uncommon human kind i may say. A unique science to the future of man kind that is being developed in today's world, i am a student who is interested and studying in this area where many of my friends doesn't know anything about it. Biotechnology (sometimes shortened to "biotech") is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bio processes in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bio products. 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 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 com...