生物技术与生物工程辨析——兼论生物工程与生物医学工程的区别

Characterized “biotechnology ”and “bioengineering”——also discussed the difference between the bioengineering and biomedical engineering

生物技术和生物工程是两个容易混淆的生物学名词,厘清两个名词对于生命科学与工程的教学工作和学科建设均有裨益。首先分析了两个名词的不同表述内容;其次从学科层面和专业建设角度对两个名词进行分析,解读了它们的内涵及关系,在此基础上分析了生命科学、分子生物学、合成生物学与生物技术的关系;最后探讨了生物工程与生物医学工程两个专业的内涵关联性。

Biotechnology and bioengineering were the two easily confused concept of biology,so characterizing the two words was aid to teaching and construction fields. The present paper analyzed the different expression of the two items. It comprehended the two items from two angles of field of science and construction of field,clarified their connotation and relation,and then analyzed the relation of biotechnology with the other items i. e. life science,molecular biology,synthetic biology,and biomedical engineering. Finally,it also discussed the connotation and relations of bioengineering and biomedical engineering.