The use of genes for performance enhancement: doping or therapy?

Recent biotechnological advances have permitted the manipulation of genetic sequences to treat several diseases in a process called gene therapy. However, the advance of gene therapy has opened the door to the possibility of using genetic manipulation (GM) to enhance athletic performance. In such &a...

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Main Authors: R.S. Oliveira, T.F. Collares, K.R. Smith, T.V. Collares, F.K. Seixas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2011-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2011001200001