Gene Doping and Olympic Sport

Gene Doping and Olympic Sport@SIRCEducation is vital. Athletes and the people athletes rely on for advice need to understand the complexities and uncertainties around gene transfer—not least, our enormous ignorance about the risks of gene transfer in humans, risks that the X-SCID experiment demonstrates can be unexpected and grave.Research is also crucial. We need to devise strategies to deter

a sleep mat for monitoring sleep quality

Want to win? Sleep on it@ASCThe sleep mat is a small piece of foam covered in plastic material that is placed under the athlete’s bed sheet. Within it are approximately 50 sensors that are activated when they are pushed on by body movement. When the sleeper moves position, the sensors detect the movement and send the information to a computer for analysis.

Australia's Beijing Athlete Program

The business of winning@ASCThe Beijing Athlete Program is aimed at attaining sustained high performance success in targeted sports — those that offer the best potential to win medals — leading into the Beijing Olympics, Paralympics and beyond.Initially 21 sports were identified for inclusion in the Beijing Athlete Program: * Group 1 (significant ASC investment) — rowing, swimming, hockey,

Yoga for low back pain

Yoga May Be More Effective Than Self-Care for Chronic Back Pain@medscapeYoga was more effective than a self-care book for improving function and reducing chronic low back pain, and the benefits persisted for at least several months

Happy 2006!

i hope i can post more useful information this year.Science's 10 Most Beautiful Experiments

Medicine and Sport@Lancet

Every year, The Lancet publishes a 'bonus' themed issue.This year thier theme is 'Medicine and Sport', prompted by 2005 being declared by the United Nations to be The International Year of Sport and Physical Education with the aim to promote sport as a way to help reach the Millenium Development Goals.

WADA Gene Doping Symposium 2005

Gene doping threat recognised by WADA@UK sportDiscussions in Stockholm focused on the scientific, ethical and public policy issues related to gene doping as a possible method of performance enhancement. A number of conclusions were made: * Gene therapy, although still at a relatively early stage of development, represents great promise as a correction method for human diseases. * There