‘Gene Doping’ May Be Next Wave of Sports Tampering (HealthCentral)- Weight Loss News

Some researchers are already fielding inquiries from athletes and trainers who want to know how they can modify genes to boost endurance or muscle mass, to speed injury healing or to alter pain perception, according to an article in the Feb. Theodore Friedmann, director of the gene therapy program at University of California, San Diego, and chair of the gene doping panel for the World Anti-Doping Agency in Montreal. Genetic therapists in hundreds of labs around the world are researching, mostly in animal models, how genes or their expression could be altered to treat disease. Techniques include introducing new genes into cells using a virus as a vector or even using drugs that change how genes function. read more

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