Gene doping

Is it at all possible to detect genetic manipulation for the enhancement of athletic performance? When a gene is inserted into the body it becomes part of the human genome. Afterwards, when making a screening how will we tell...[more]

Developments in genetic technology move faster than the ethical debate about its impact on human life and also on high performance sport.[more]

If you have sweet dreams about Olympic medals the best advice is to be very selective choosing your parents! Research suggests that genes account for up to 50 per cent of the variance in athletic performance.[more]

Athletes are too often willing to compromise their own health to win. How many athletes who are already experimenting with gene doping is hard to trace. Many athletes are closely monitoring the developments in genetic research....[more]

With the emergence of genetic enhancement technologies that can be used on athletes, it is necessary to change our approach to anti-doping too.[more]

Fears that gene doping has become a reality are emerging in Germany in connection with a court case against former athletics coach, Thomas Springstein. In court, the prosecutor submitted as evidence an e-mail that Springstein...[more]

Claudio Tamburrini is an expert on philosophy of sport and he argues that a ban on genetic doping is not only impossible to implement but is also unfair and violates the personal integrity of athletes.[more]

In this PowerPoint presentation, Peter Schjerling of the Danish Muscle Research Centre explains the basics of gene doping.[more]

The IOC wants to use the Olympic games in Sydney to rehabilitate Olympic doping control. A timely decision and professor John Hoberman argues that the Sydney Games are one of our last opportunities to prevent the further...[more]

Australian scientist Robin Parisotto developed a groundbreaking EPO test in the run-up to the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. Now he has begun work on a test that can discover if athletes have used genetic doping to augment their...[more]