bioethics.net News Update - Enhancementbioethics news everyday from bioethics.net/American Journal of BioethicsCan Science Tell a Gymnast's Age- August 24, 2008 As much a fairy tale as the gymnastics competition has been for China, with the country snagging men's and women's team event golds and 14 of the 42 medals awarded in the sport in Beijing, the story may not have such a happy ending.http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=5779 Let the Games Be Doped- August 12, 2008 Once upon a time, the lords of the Olympic Games believed that the only true champion was an amateur, a gentleman hobbyist untainted by commerce. Today they enforce a different ideal.http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=5748 As Swimming Records Fall, Technology Muddies the Water- August 12, 2008 He swam so improbably fast, making up so much ground in a foaming, desperate attempt to reach the wall first in the 4x100-meter relay, that Jason Lezak not only won a gold medal for the United States on Monday, but he also helped to shatter the world record by nearly four seconds.http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=5747 Gene doping absent but gene therapy under scrutiny- August 11, 2008 Gene doping may not be currently present at the Beijing Games, but anti-doping experts remain worried about the illegal use of gene therapy.http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=5746 Want to Live Forever- August 5, 2008 The first words in Ed Wood's infamously awful masterpiece Plan 9 From Outer Space are, "Greetings, my friend. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives." That line has been ringing in my head for weeks. It seems to miss its own point: Time goes only one way; everything takes place in the future.http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=5738 Could the Beijing Games be the First to Feature Genetically Modified Athletes- August 5, 2008 Ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, leading British scientist Dr. Andy Miah has warned that athletes may be injecting themselves with "super DNA." This year's games are believed by some to feature a new generation of "genetically modified" athletes who have had their performance improved by the injection of foreign DNA. Steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs which are now easily detected in drug testing seem like a much smaller problem in comparison to the possibility of genetic.http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=5737 When the CCES comes knocking, you better be pissing- August 1, 2008 There is a strange man in my shower. I do not know him, and I am not looking at him. But I know he is standing there and looking at me, or at least a lower body part of mine.http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=5729 |