Ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau Kina kuʻuna ma ke ʻano o ka lāʻau lapaʻau hou a me ka biotechnology, hana nui nā huahana biological i ka pale ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi, pale a hoʻomaikaʻi i ke olakino o nā kānaka.Pono nā huahana biological i nā kaʻina hana biological, hoʻomaʻemaʻe a me nā ʻenehana loiloi e loaʻa ai ka pahuhopu.ʻO ka kānana kino, me nā pōmaikaʻi kūlohelohe, hiki ke hoʻopau i ka hana, he hana koʻikoʻi o nā huahana olaola.
ʻO nā huahana olaola, me nā microorganisms, parasites, nā meaʻawaʻawa holoholona a me nā ʻiʻo olaola e like me nā mea hoʻomaka, he nui nā mea hiki ʻole ke kāohi ʻia e like me ka hapa nui o nā kumu a me nā kaʻina hana.ʻO ka nui o nā haumia olaola i hōʻike ʻia he nui loa a ʻaʻole hiki ke wānana pololei ʻia.ʻO ka helu o nā haumia a me nā nui i loko o ka wai maka hiki ke hoʻomalu wale ʻia e nā mea i kuhikuhi ʻia i ke kūlana maikaʻi.He mea paʻakikī ka hoʻomalu ʻana i nā haumia ʻē aʻe, a ʻo ka hoʻokele piha ke kumu o ka hana maikaʻi