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Genetically modified athletes

biomedical ethics, gene doping and sport

By Andy Miah

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Publish Date

2005

Publisher

Routledge

Language

eng

Pages

208

Description:

Continuing controversy over gene therapies, stem cell research and the genetic modification of organisms demonstrates how new genetic research is forcing a reappraisal of our most established value systems. In the world of sport, leading authorities predict that the genetic engineering of athletes will be widespread by the 2004 Olympics. This book will be the first to examine the profound ethical issues raised by the use of genetic technologies in sport, an area of human activity in which the natural biological and physiological capacities of the body are central. In an already complex area, do.