Mary Shelly's Frankeinstein is an early and classic example of biopolitics:

The quote below is from Life in the Fast Lane by Michael Tyshenko and William Leiss. They say that the modern science of genetics:

...focuses on improving human health, the quality of life and life spans, a predicted panacea of treatments for many human diseases in the near future. Every day in the media we read or hear about the next astonishing health or scientific breakthrough that promises to provide revolutionary cures for various diseases derived from the study of our genetic material. This rapid pace of new breakthroughs and promised cures in the near future provides a meaningful context that, as a society, we can feel that we have chosen the correct path exploiting what we know about science, innovation and biotechnology for the greater societal good. However, at the same time, what remains in the shadows, hidden and not discussed, is a fear that we are gaining too much power through the rapid acquisition of knowledge about science and at the same time a reduced choice over random destiny and an imposed alteration of our humanity. While this claim of enslaving ourselves with our own technology may seem fantastical at first it doesn't take long to realize that we have already altered the genetics of other species (hybrid plant varieties) on the planet so profoundly that they have become unable to reproduce successfully without our help