转基因的奥运会运动员?
Genetically Modified Olympians?
Gene doping
基因兴奋剂
On the eve of the Beijing Olympics, we examine the prospect of athletes using gene therapy to enhance their performance—and of catching them if they try.
奥运会日益临近,我们分析参赛运动员使用基因治疗技术提高他们运动成绩的可能性,如果运动员真这样做了,我们能抓住他们么?
FOR as long as people have vied for sporting glory, they have also sought shortcuts to the champion’s rostrum. Often, those shortcuts have relied on the assistance of doctors. After all, most doping involves little more than applying existing therapies to healthy bodies. These days, however, the competition is so intense that existing therapies are not enough. Now, athletes in search of the physiological enhancement they need to take them a stride ahead of their opponents are scanning medicine’s future, as well as its present. In particular, they are interested in a field known as gene therapy.
只要人们在竞技体育中追求荣誉,他们同时就会寻求通往冠军领奖台的捷径。通常情况下,找到这些捷径依赖于医生的帮忙。毕竟兴奋剂的使用大多数只不过是把现有的治疗技术应用于健康的运动员。然而,现在的体育竞争太激烈了,以至于即使使用当前的治疗技术都不足以帮助运动员获胜了。现在那些想通过提高生理条件来战胜对手的运动员,除了想依赖目前的医疗技术外,也开始寻觅医疗领域的新突破。这些运动员尤其对基因疗法感兴趣。
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