Sentences with phrase «of gene doping»

«We do not know whether it has been conducted or not,» Sundberg says of gene doping.

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.

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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.

The only way to prove that someone has used gene doping is to biopsy a suspicious muscle and look for signs of DNA tampering.

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 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.

The world agency has put gene doping on the International Olympic Committee's 2004 list of prohibited substances, which includes everything from cough syrup to cocaine.

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.

Lack of detection makes gene doping extremely attractive to athletes.

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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.

Athletes like Brittany Timko of the Canadian women's soccer team get hurt enough on the field without having to worry about whether gene doping will send them to the hospital, too.

A German television reporter posing as swimming coach went to a Chinese hospital, asked about gene doping and was offered injections of stem cells, which, by WADA's definition, are gene - doping agents [source: Klein].

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), whose drug code governs the Olympics and other events, defines gene doping as «the non-therapeutic use of cells, genes, genetic elements, or the modulation of gene expression, having the capacity to enhance athletic performance» [source: WADA].

As far as we know, no athlete has tried gene doping, says Dr. Theodore Friedmann, a University of California San Diego professor who also heads WADA's panel on gene doping.

We say would because no one has tried it yet, as far as we know, says Dr. Theodore Friedmann, head of the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) gene doping panel.

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Scientists will be looking for signs of a new type of cheating: 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.

His weathered Chicago mobster is called back into action to take on improbably named lifelong nemesis Mary Ann (Gene Hackman), a freewheelin» purveyor of dope, pork, and flesh.