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Performance enhancement?: Gene doping

Author(s) -

Andy Miah

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

the biochemist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.126

H-Index - 7

eISSN - 1740-1194

pISSN - 0954-982X

DOI - 10.1042/bio02902024

Subject(s) - performance enhancement , elite , gene transfer , elite athletes , athletes , psychological intervention , political science , psychology , biology , gene , medicine , genetics , physical therapy , politics , law , psychiatry , physical medicine and rehabilitation

Over the last 5 years, the world of elite sport has spent a considerable amount of time and money investigating the science behind the next generation of performance enhancements, i.e. genetic enhancement. While scientists are still struggling to develop effective therapeutic interventions based on gene transfer, it is anticipated that athletes will soon try to use the same science to enhance their performances. Some have even argued that it is happening already.

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