Gene+Doping


 * Gene Doping **

=**Some people might think that gene doping is good for you because it builds the body. However, gene doping is a new problem in the athletic field. Like steroids, gene doping can possibly help you become stronger, faster, and even grow bigger. But, gene doping can be very harmful to your body** in many ways and it can cause serious health issues. If someone is improperly gene doping their body, they could end up with cancer or even die from it. Scientists and doctors are trying to come up with a way to test athletes and Olympians to make sure that they have not been gene doping. True athletes want competition to be fare, so no one is using drugs to win a metal. = = Gene doping may have a positive effect with used properly for health purposes. It “is one of the things being looked at for treatment of obesity and diabetes,” Friedmann said. Currently gene doping doesn’t show up in existing blood and urine tests. So it is difficult for doctors to know if gene doping is being used with athletes. The only way that you can truly tell if someone is doing this is if you can see a change in their whole gene expression, but it is currently very hard to analyze. =