Abstract
In 1953, DNA was discovered. This discovery was the revolution of the century, if the XXth century was the century of the atom, the XXIst will be that of the DNA. But once you have discovered a code, you certainly want to use it. This is the reason why further researches were made so that a short while after, a series of scientific advances, such as the creation of the first recombinant bacteria, in 1973, enabled scientists to modify the genetic code of an organism for the first time. Genetically modified organisms, a concept that sounded, a few decades ago, like science-fiction, is now currently used in large industries like food industries. GMOs are everywhere, but they aren't consensual in any way, though, some people place immense hopes in them, believing they are a way to eradicate the most horrible harms and diseases, whereas other people are so strongly opposed to GMOs that they consider them as potential bombs, because of their potentially unknown risks. Why are GMOs such a politically sensitive matter? The question this paper will focus on is, can the DNA discovery, and GMOs, become a way to control the world, and how? It seems relevant to begin this analysis with a further scientific explanation on what GMOs really are, how they are made, and what this technology can be used for. We will then, after this scientific part, focus on the political aspect of the subject, studying the domination of multinational firms on the GMOs Empire, an international issue, then GMOs and bio-war, before explaining how scientists believed DNA was the key of the living beings, just like a code is the key of a software.
