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Feb. 05, 2010
Gene Doping in Sports
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| With the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics just a week away, we'll talk about an emerging potential threat to fair competition -- gene doping. How will advances in genetic manipulation affect athletics, and are athletes and referees prepared? We'll talk with Theodore Friedmann, chair of the World Anti-Doping Agency's Gene Doping Expert Group, about the issue. Should sports officials begin making genetic tests part of their toolkits, alongside tests for performance-enhancing drugs and steroids? |
Produced by Christopher Intagliata, Associate Senior Producer
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Theodore Friedmann
Chair, World Anti-Doping Agency's Gene Doping Expert Group
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, California
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