Gene Transfer and Athletics— An Impending Problem

Antibiotic resistance. An impending crisis.

The global emergence of antimicrobial resistance has become a pre-eminent concern in medicine and public health. Antimicrobial resistance is of particular concern because the problem is widespread, the causative factors are uncontrolled, and national strategies to address the problem are lacking. The persisting burden of infectious diseases makes elimination of antibiotic use unethical, but dra...

Clinical investigation...an impending crisis?

An analysis of youth participation in athletics

School athletics has a significant impact on the development of youth. This study is an exploration of the differences between youth who participate in school athletics and those who do not. Specifically, the study examined youth academic performance and behavior referrals, and variables such as grade level, age, gender, and ethnicity. In addition, the study examined whether or not there was a ...

Impending doom: antibiotic exposure and bacterial gene expression.

The discovery of antibiotics ranks as one of the most significant medical achievements of the past century: Antibiotics have greatly attenuated the severity and lethality of bacterial infections. Because antibiotics have been so widely successful, they have been extensively used. This has resulted in strong selective pressure on bacteria that, in turn, has led to the rapid and widespread evolut...

Blood Transfusion and Athletics

* * In 1976, the Medical Commission ofthe International Olympic Committee formally condemned the practice of blood transfusion for athletes in good health. As ofthis writing, however, blood doping has not been explicitly forbidden. The Author discusses important and controversial questions such as: does blood transfusion afford world-class athletes a substantial competitive advantage? Is this p...