Stem cell doping is the postulated practice of enhancing athletic performance through various beneficial effects of
stem cells
In multicellular organisms, stem cells are undifferentiated or partially differentiated cells that can differentiate into various types of cells and proliferate indefinitely to produce more of the same stem cell. They are the earliest type o ...
injected into the bloodstream or otherwise introduced into the body. Currently there are no documented cases of stem cell doping, but there are suspicions that the practice may already be emerging.
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Doping in sport
In competitive sports, doping is the use of banned athletic performance-enhancing drugs by athletic competitors as a way of cheating in sports. The term ''doping'' is widely used by organizations that regulate sporting competitions. The use of ...
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Gene doping
Gene doping is the hypothetical non-therapeutic use of gene therapy by athletes in order to improve their performance in those sporting events which prohibit such applications of genetic modification technology, and for reasons other than the treat ...
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List of doping cases in sport
The following is an incomplete list of sportspeople who have been involved in doping offences. It contains those who have been found to have, or have admitted to having, taken Doping (sport), illegal performance-enhancing drugs, prohibited recrea ...
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Doping at the Olympic Games
This article is about the history of competitors at the Olympic Games using banned ergogenic aid, athletic performance-enhancing drugs.
History
The use of performance-enhancing tactics or more formally known as PEDs, and more broadly, the use ...
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Cheating in sports Cheating in sports may refer to:
* Cheating
* Cheating in baseball
* Cheating in bridge
* Cheating in chess
* Cheating in esports
* 1994 Formula One cheating controversy
* Cheating at the Paralympic Games
* Doping at the Olympic Games
* Doping at t ...
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Drugs in sport
Bioethics
Doping in sport