Gene Doping in Sports : The Science and Ethics of Genetically Modified Athletes /

• Main Authors: Schneider, Angela Jo-Anne, 1959- (Author), Friedmann, Theodore, 1935- (Author)
• Corporate Author: World Anti-Doping Agency (Contributor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: San Diego, CA ; London : Elsevier Academic Press, 2006.
• Series: Advances in genetics ; v. 51.
• Subjects: Doping in sports > Moral and ethical aspects.; Doping in sports.; Gene therapy > Moral and ethical aspects.; Gene therapy.; Electronic books.

Advances in genetics have begun to deliver on their promise of new and improved approaches to the prevention and treatment of human disease, including the gene-based therapeutics. The international sports community has begun to recognize the potential harmful use of gene transfer technology by athle...

Table of Contents:

• The problem of doping in sports
• The scientific basis for gene therapy : a new concept in medicine
• Early gene transfer experiments : problems and eventual success
• Gene transfer in sports : an opening scenario for genetic enhancement of normal "human traits"
• Ethics and oversight in clinical trials : attempts at gene doping would not conform to accepted ethical standards
• International cooperation and regulation : the Banbury Workshop (2002)
• A scientific perspective
• Some ethical aspects of "harm" in sport
• The list [i.e. The World Anti-Doping Code 2006 prohibited list].