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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 athletes. The task of monitoring and controlling sports doping must be a truly cooperative effort, involving the cooperation of a range of local, national, and international organizations. There are very serious broad social and ethical issues at stake that relate to our definition of sports and its role in our society, as well as the social and ethical principles that are challenged or breached through sport doping, determining which forms of performance enhancement - in sport or any other realm of human activity - are acceptable, and what makes the enhancement of sport performance different from enhancement in other areas of human activity (e.g., cosmetic surgery, mood and learning enhancement through drugs, and drug-based treatment of physical and intellectual changes in normal aging process).This book tackles all these issues and more, serving as the first such focused treatment of this increasingly important topic, which has broad-based implications for science, medicine, sports, and society.Product Identifiers
PublisherElsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
ISBN-139780120176519
eBay Product ID (ePID)95473135
Product Key Features
Publication NameGene Doping in Sports: the Science and Ethics of Genetically Modified Athletes: Volume 51
SubjectBiology
Publication Year2006
TypeTextbook
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
AuthorAngela J. Schneider
Number of Pages128 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height229 mm
Item Weight320 g
Additional Product Features
EditorAngela J. Schneider
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Series TitleAdvances in Genetics