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Biotechnology is a collection of techniques used to move genetic information from one organism to another. 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.

Before 1971, biotechnology was primarily used in the food processing and agriculture industries. Since the 1970s, it began to be used to refer to laboratory-based techniques being developed in biological research, such as recombinant DNA or tissue culture-based processes, or horizontal gene transfer in living plants. In fact, the term should be used in a much broader sense to describe the whole range of methods, both ancient and modern, used to manipulate organic materials to reach the demands of food production.

Biotechnology combines disciplines like genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, embryology and cell biology, which are in turn linked to practical disciplines like chemical engineering, information technology, and biorobotics.