Biotechnology is technology based on biology, especially when used in agriculture, food science, and medicine. The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity defines biotechnology as: Any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use. Tags: genetic engineering, artificial selection, hybridization, bioengineering, chemical engineering, information technology, and biorobotics, patho-biotechnology, genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, embryology and cell biology, <>