The Role of Genetics in Doping

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Stuart Kim has knowledge of genetics that in the future, I'm going to say I want to be cross country skier champion. Give me this genetic anomaly in utero. But that's different. If you come out genetically different from me that gives you an advantage, that's not a level playing field. The whole point of anti-doping laws is so that everyone is on alevel playing field. This is engineering. We are wearing the field of engineering.

Can you predict your future health using genetics? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore advances in genetic testing, polygenic risk scores, and the future of genetics with geneticist Dr. Stuart Kim.

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