Genetic engineering Genetic engineering A neologism invented by Michel Foucault, the term "Biopolitics" or "Biopolitical" can refer to several different yet not incompatible concepts: ...more on Wikipedia about "Biopolitics"
Biopower was a term originally coined by French philosopher Michel Foucault to refer to the practice of modern states to regulate their subjects through "an explosion of numerous and diverse techniques for achieving the subjugations of bodies and the control of populations". In both Foucault's work and the work of later theorists it has been used to refer to practices of public health, regulation of heredity, and risk regulation, among many other things often linked less directly with literal physical health. It is closely related to a term he uses much less frequently, but which subsequent thinkers have taken up independently, biopolitics. ...more on Wikipedia about "Biopower"
Frankenfood (named after Mary Shelley's character in her novel Frankenstein) is a label of disapproval applied to food products deemed to have been produced by unnatural—and by implication, dangerous—means. ...more on Wikipedia about "Frankenfood"
Genetic engineering, genetic modification (GM), and the now-deprecated gene splicing are terms for the process of manipulating genes, usually outside the organism's normal reproductive process. ...more on Wikipedia about "Genetic engineering"
In the television series Andromeda, the Nietzscheans ( Homo sapiens invictus in Latin) are a race of genetically engineered humans who quite religiously follow the works of Friedrich Nietzsche, Social Darwinism and Dawkinite genetic competitiveness. They claim to be physically perfect and are distinguished by bone blades protruding outwards from the wrist area. ...more on Wikipedia about "Genetic engineering in fiction"
A genetically modified food is a food product derived in whole or part from a genetically modified organism (GMO) such as a crop plant, animal or microbe such as yeast. Genetically modified foods have been available since the 1990s. The principal ingredients of GM foods currently available are derived from genetically modified soybean, maize and canola. ...more on Wikipedia about "Genetically modified food"
Germinal choice technology refers to a set of technologies that currently or that are expected to in the future allow parents to influence the genetic constitutions of their children. This could be done through genetic screening of blastocysts (early embryos), or through germline engineering, which refers to genetic engineering used to alter genes in the first cells of the blastocyst. ...more on Wikipedia about "Germinal choice technology"
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Greenpeace is an international environmental organisation founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1971. ...more on Wikipedia about "Greenpeace"
(Human genetic engineering) Alien: Resurrection: Ripley is alive in the future, she has been recreated from a gene sample and the queen larva with her. However, the researchers did not expect to find any great mutations in Ripley. ...more on Wikipedia about "Human genetic engineering"
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is a non-profit advocacy organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Some of the policies that the UCS endorses include controls on pollution, reduction of nuclear weapons, a ban on weapons in space, federal regulation of some biotechnologies, the protection of endangered species and action against global warming. The Union also encourages research on renewable energy, low-pollution vehicles, and sustainable agriculture. The Union does not oppose the use of nuclear energy, but is a proponent of strict safety guidelines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Union of Concerned Scientists"
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