Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0011s64 | Anabolic hormones in sport | ECE2006

Gene doping: will the age of gene therapy usher in the age of genetic enhancement?

Sweeney HL

Gene therapy and pharmacological therapies that target gene expression have tremendous potential as novel therapeutic agents. In many cases these agents not only have applications in disease states, but also could have tremendous impact on the physiology of normal individuals. A number of strategies being developed for the treatment of disease have the possibility to eventually be used for genetic enhancement of human performance. For example, genes can be easily transferred i...