Biomedical engineering "spans the fields of biology and engineering."
"[A]lso called bioengineering, or biotechnical engineering, integrates the study of living systems into engineering, opening opportunities ti adapt and even create living products."
"Biological engineering [advances] fundamental understanding of how biological systems operate and [develops] effective biology-based technologies for applications across a wide spectrum of societal needs including breakthroughs in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, in design of novel materials, devices, and processes, and in enhancing environmental health."
