Sunday Focus | The next step in doping (Miami Herald)- Topic: Weight Loss News

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But the World Anti-Doping Agency, which banned gene doping in 2004, believes it is a threat to the integrity of sports and is trying to develop a detection test. Gene doping is the bastardization of gene therapy, which is used to change traits in diseased people. The ‘’vector virus,'’ a little bag of protein with the gene inside, is then injected into target tissue, where it attaches to cells and dumps in the gene. To deter cheaters, WADA aims to have gene doping tests ready by 2012 for the London Olympics and for major sports leagues. read more

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