Biological engineering
From Wikinfo
Biological engineering (a. k. a. biosystems engineering, bioengineering) is any type of engineering--for example, mechanical engineering--applied to living things.
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Examples
- Aquaculture
- Biosensors
- Bio-based materials
- Biomaterials
- Industrial fermentation
- Industrial enzymatic reactions
- Production and purification of biopharmaceuticals
- Advanced life support
- Artificial biospheres, eg. Biosphere 2
Related topics
Biological engineering has significant overlap with food process engineering, agricultural engineering and biomedical engineering.
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References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Biological_engineering" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_engineering, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
