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[1bigg]

Thank YOu

[alecaf]

man you could get answers to that with a simple google search. You'll probably find a lot better info than what a pro could say about those things. Or are you trying to quote a pro in your paper? in that case pm phil or big A.

[BigChef]

Pretty simple, could have went to your local library or google.com lol !

Here is the info for you !

Gene doping is defined by the World Anti-Doping Agency as "the non-therapeutic use of cells, genes, genetic elements, or of the modulation of gene expression, having the capacity to improve athletic performance". [1] A complex ethical and philosophical issue is what defines "gene doping", especially in the context of bioethical debates about human enhancement.[1] An example of gene doping could involve the recreational use of gene therapies intended to treat muscle-wasting disorders. Many of these chemicals may be indistinguishable from their natural counterparts. In such cases, nothing unusual would enter the bloodstream so officials would detect nothing in a blood or urine test.

The historical development of policy associated with gene doping began in 2001 when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Medical Commission met to discuss the implications of gene therapy for sport. It was shortly followed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which met in 2002 to discuss genetic enhancement at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York. Also in 2002, the United States President’s Council on Bioethics met twice to discuss the ethics of genetic technology related to sport. In 2003, WADA decided to include a prohibition of gene doping within their World Anti-Doping Code, which is formalized in its 2004 World Anti-Doping Code. Further, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) met in 2003 and 2004 to discuss the science and ethics of gene transfer technology for sport.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has already asked scientists to help find ways to prevent gene therapy from becoming the newest means of doping. In December 2005, the World Anti-Doping Agency hosted its second landmark meeting on gene doping, which took place in Stockholm. At this meeting, the delegates drafted a declaration on gene doping which, for the first time, included a strong discouragement of the use of genetic testing for performance.

The first product to be associated with genetic doping emerged on the approach to the Turin 2006 Olympic Winter Games, where repoxygen was discussed as a possible substance in use at the Games.



How stuff works?

In gene doping, athletes would modify their genes to perform better in sports. We say would because no one has tried it ysyntherolet, as far as we know, says Dr. Theodore Friedmann, head of the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) gene doping panel. "It will happen," he says, "but we don't know when."

How would athletes do it? They might add genes to the ones they were born with, or they might tinker with how the body uses the genes they have.


syntherolGene doping is an unintentional spin-off of gene therapy in which, doctors add or modify genes to prevent or treat illness. Gene doping would apply the same techniques to enhancing someone who is healthy. The line is fuzzy, but if the cells or body functions being modified are normal to start with, it's doping [source: Friedmann].

Two types of gene doping exist. In somatic cell modification, genes are modified in a bodily cell, like a lung or muscle cell. The changes aren't passed on to children. Today's gene therapy alters somatic cells. Germline modification, however, changes genes in a father's sperm, a mother's eggs or an embryo The genetic changes manifest in children and possibly in their children. So far, the U.S. government hasn't funded research on human germline modification, and other governments have banned it.


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EPO really should be taken under a doctors supervision
to monitor your hematocrit, iron and other factors.

EPO (Erythropotein)
Erythropoietin is a type of growth factor that
stimulates the production of red blood cells.
Growth factors are proteins, produced naturally
in the body, that stimulate the bone marrow
(where blood cells are made) to make the
different types of blood cells.

Therapeutically, EPO is given as a treatment
for low red blood cell count (anaemia) as an alternative
to a blood transfusion. The red blood cells contain
haemoglobin, which carries oxygen around the body.
If your haemoglobin level falls too low,
a doctor would likely recommend a course of EPO.

EPO will increase dramatically your # of red blood cells...
so the transport of oxygen and nutrients to
the working muscles are more than doubled....
cardiovascular capacity and muscular endurance
increases exponentially. Fatigue is lessened,
and recovery is incredibly fast.

[1bigg]

Originally Posted by alecaf

man you could get answers to that with a simple google search. You'll probably find a lot better info than what a pro could say about those things. Or are you trying to quote a pro in your paper? in that case pm phil or big A.

Just looking for all the info i can find. I need an A, and I'm a c+ student on a god day!Thanks for the input.

[1bigg]

How do you feel about Gene doping(Gene therapy)?

[drob29]

Originally Posted by 1bigg

...... I need an A, and I'm a c+ student on a god day!.......

I never would have known

[BigChef]

Originally Posted by 1bigg

How do you feel about Gene doping(Gene therapy)?

Cant you answer that and study for yourself instead of picking someone else brains out !