Gene Doping In Sports

In world sporting events, the use of performance enhancing drugs and methods by the athletes occurs persistently. This is a current issue of violating the ethics of sport. Some of the athletes are still taking advantage of the medical and technological advancements while the other athletes choose not to. In general term, doping is the use of forbidden drugs and methods by the athletes to improve their performance over the competition. Doping includes the refusal to take a doping test or even attempt with doping controls. Specifically, the gene doping describes as an outgrowth of gene therapy because the processes are same as injecting DNA into the body. Gene therapy is meant to be restoring the function related to damaged gene but gene doping is purpose of enhancement of athletes. One type of the gene doping increases the hemoglobin, which produces more oxygen and provides better performance. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has a prohibited list identifying substances and methods in sports. The prohibited list is a global code and harmonization of anti-doping movement. WADA has criteria to consider the substance or method to be on the prohibited list, when they are the potential to be enhancement on sports performance, or they represent health risk to the athletes actually and potentially, or they are the violation of spirit of sports.
Their task is study and research in the field of gene therapy to find out the methods for detecting doping funded by WADA. The Expert Group assists to establish policies in the area of gene doping in sports and gives information and direction to Committees that are charge of the health and