Sentences with phrase «gene doping in»

WADA and the International Olympic Committee banned gene doping in 2003 [source: WADA].

Frankel, Mark S. «Commercialization of Gene Doping in Sports.»

Ironically, the misuse of gene doping in sports is more clearly defined than its proper use.

AAAS and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), an international organization that provides comprehensive anti-doping monitoring and educational resources at Olympic and Paralympic Games, co-sponsored a symposium in June 2008 in St. Petersburg, Russia to discuss gene doping in sport.

Not exact matches

And thd gods closed their games: But keep in mind there are gods of doping from using small doses of, believe it or not, strycnine (Smithsonian's review of Olympic doping) to the latest, gene manipulation.

Days before the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada, AAAS staff co-authored a Policy Forum in Science titled, «Gene Doping and Sport.»

With no viable testing mechanism on the horizon, it is possible that at least one of the 10,000 - plus Olympic competitors in Beijing this summer will have experimented with gene doping.

In anticipation of the 2004 summer Olympics, in Athens, the world agency put gene doping on the International Olympic Committee's prohibited list, which includes everything from cough syrup to cocainIn anticipation of the 2004 summer Olympics, in Athens, the world agency put gene doping on the International Olympic Committee's prohibited list, which includes everything from cough syrup to cocainin Athens, the world agency put gene doping on the International Olympic Committee's prohibited list, which includes everything from cough syrup to cocaine.

The cutting edge, however, is «gene doping,» in which additional copies of a naturally - occurring gene or modified copies may be inserted into an athlete's genome using a virus carrier.

Scientists, regulatory officials, and athletes gathered in Cold Spring Harbor on Long Island to discuss gene doping.

That bothers Arne Ljungqvist, the world agency's health, medical, and research committee chairman, who doles out several million dollars in grant money every year to research groups looking at gene doping and its detection.

With no viable testing mechanism on the horizon, the possibility remains that at least one of the 10,000 - plus Olympic competitors in Athens this summer will have experimented with gene doping.

Gene doping is technically possible, which is why the World Anti-Doping Agency preemptively banned the practice among Olympians in 2003.

To pick another example, WADA has announced that it has developed a test for gene doping, in which athletes could inject themselves with specific genes to improve muscle - building or endurance — in spite of the fact that, to date, there has been no known successful use of gene - doping techniques.

Would athletes who tried gene doping also get in trouble?

Athletes and audiences should decide what they value in sports and whether allowing gene doping would dissolve those aspects, Murray says.

In addition, gene doping's long - term effects pose another mystery.

In 2003, WADA put gene doping on its prohibited list [source: USADA].

Gene doping is against the rules in many sports.

Presentation at the Gene Doping Symposium in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Gene doping is an unintentional spin - off of gene therapy in which, doctors add or modify genes to prevent or treat illnGene doping is an unintentional spin - off of gene therapy in which, doctors add or modify genes to prevent or treat illngene therapy in which, doctors add or modify genes to prevent or treat illness.

But scientists in Australia figured out a way to detect if an athlete is gene doping.

Given that the Winter Olympics are due to open later this week in Vancouver (Canada), there is a flurry of interest in gene doping and other means of enhancing athletic performance.

Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, the lead article in Section B of The Vancouver Sun by Margaret Munro was (print version), Gene Doping; The latest way to boost performance.

The article noted that Andy Miah, at the University of the West of Scotland, in contrast to Olivier Rabin and Theodore Friedmann, the experts (whose study was just published in the journal Science) quoted in the article, suggests that gene doping may be safer than current methods of enhancing performance.