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

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Schneider, Angela Jo-Anne, 1959- (Author), Friedmann, Theodore, 1935- (Author)
Corporate Author: World Anti-Doping Agency (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
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.
Doping in Sports
Genetic Therapy
Dopage dans les sports > Aspect moral.
Dopage dans les sports.
Th�erapie g�enique > Aspect moral.
Th�erapie g�enique.
Doping in sports
Gene therapy
Gene therapy > Moral and ethical aspects
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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].

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