Sentences with phrase «with gene doping»

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.

Meanwhile, amateur athletics is trying to come to grips with gene doping.

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.

Not exact matches

AAAS has also co-sponsored a symposium with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on the issue and produced the St. Petersburg Declaration on Gene Doping subsequent to the meeting.

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.

Healthy monkeys died from severe immune reactions after «doping» with the EPO gene.

So is it possible to «dope» with genes?

«Gene doping mimics, or basically copies, what is done with gene therapy,» he explaGene doping mimics, or basically copies, what is done with gene therapy,» he explagene therapy,» he explains.