Could the Beijing Games be the First to Feature Genetically Modified Athletes?

August 6, 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 modification. (Cleveland Leader)