Sentence:  In the early nineties there grew up <WSD>"biopunk</WSD>", a derivative sub-genre building not on IT but on biology, the other dominating scientific field of the end of the twentieth century. Individuals are enhanced not by mechanical means, but by genetic manipulation of their very chromosomes. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A science fiction genre that focuses on biotechnology and subversives.