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Ethics of genetic testing and research in sport: a position statement from the Australian Institute of Sport
As Australia's peak high-performance sport agency, the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) has developed this position statement to address the implications of recent advances in the field of genetics and the ramifications for the health and well-being of athletes. Genetic testing has proven of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5256128/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27899345 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2016-096661 |
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author | Vlahovich, Nicole Fricker, Peter A Brown, Matthew A Hughes, David |
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description | As Australia's peak high-performance sport agency, the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) has developed this position statement to address the implications of recent advances in the field of genetics and the ramifications for the health and well-being of athletes. Genetic testing has proven of value in the practice of clinical medicine. There are, however, currently no scientific grounds for the use of genetic testing for athletic performance improvement, sport selection or talent identification. Athletes and coaches should be discouraged from using direct-to-consumer genetic testing because of its lack of validation and replicability and the lack of involvement of a medical practitioner in the process. The transfer of genetic material or genetic modification of cells for performance enhancement is gene doping and should not be used on athletes. There are, however, valid roles for genetic research and the AIS supports genetic research which aims to enhance understanding of athlete susceptibility to injury or illness. Genetic research is only to be conducted after careful consideration of a range of ethical concerns which include the provision of adequate informed consent. The AIS is committed to providing leadership in delivering an ethical framework that protects the well-being of athletes and the integrity of sport, in the rapidly changing world of genomic science. |
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spelling | pubmed-52561282017-01-25 Ethics of genetic testing and research in sport: a position statement from the Australian Institute of Sport Vlahovich, Nicole Fricker, Peter A Brown, Matthew A Hughes, David Br J Sports Med Consensus Statement As Australia's peak high-performance sport agency, the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) has developed this position statement to address the implications of recent advances in the field of genetics and the ramifications for the health and well-being of athletes. Genetic testing has proven of value in the practice of clinical medicine. There are, however, currently no scientific grounds for the use of genetic testing for athletic performance improvement, sport selection or talent identification. Athletes and coaches should be discouraged from using direct-to-consumer genetic testing because of its lack of validation and replicability and the lack of involvement of a medical practitioner in the process. The transfer of genetic material or genetic modification of cells for performance enhancement is gene doping and should not be used on athletes. There are, however, valid roles for genetic research and the AIS supports genetic research which aims to enhance understanding of athlete susceptibility to injury or illness. Genetic research is only to be conducted after careful consideration of a range of ethical concerns which include the provision of adequate informed consent. The AIS is committed to providing leadership in delivering an ethical framework that protects the well-being of athletes and the integrity of sport, in the rapidly changing world of genomic science. BMJ Publishing Group 2017-01 2016-11-29 /pmc/articles/PMC5256128/ /pubmed/27899345 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2016-096661 Text en Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/ This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Consensus Statement Vlahovich, Nicole Fricker, Peter A Brown, Matthew A Hughes, David Ethics of genetic testing and research in sport: a position statement from the Australian Institute of Sport |
title | Ethics of genetic testing and research in sport: a position statement from the Australian Institute of Sport |
title_full | Ethics of genetic testing and research in sport: a position statement from the Australian Institute of Sport |
title_fullStr | Ethics of genetic testing and research in sport: a position statement from the Australian Institute of Sport |
title_full_unstemmed | Ethics of genetic testing and research in sport: a position statement from the Australian Institute of Sport |
title_short | Ethics of genetic testing and research in sport: a position statement from the Australian Institute of Sport |
title_sort | ethics of genetic testing and research in sport: a position statement from the australian institute of sport |
topic | Consensus Statement |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5256128/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27899345 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2016-096661 |
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