Doping

Why gene and stem cell doping at the Olympics is banned but likely happening

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Could there be stem cell doping or gene doping at the ongoing Paris Olympics right now? I’ve wondered about such things happening throughout several past Olympics. In fact, I asked this kind of question 12 years ago. Authorities are taking such possibilities even more seriously. What would stem cell doping mean? How could cells or […]

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A-Rod BioGenesis Performance Enhancing Drug Use & Stem Cell Therapies

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Baseball’s superstar A-Rod reportedly is deeply ensnared in a scandal involving a  small-time anti-aging clinic in Florida, Biogenesis, which helped numerous MLB players dope. Anti-aging is big business. Some anti-aging clinics push performance enhancing drugs (PEDs), while a growing number of others pitch stem cells. Many sell both. Star athletes are flocking to unproven stem

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Question of the week: is there stem cell doping in the Olympics?

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Has there been stem cell doping in the Olympics? Readers of this blog have been asking me this question more than any other in the last week. Part of the impetus for this question is the growing number of professional athletes who more generally have received dubious stem cell treatments in foreign countries, perhaps treatments

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