Nature: A New Scene of Olympic Games—Gene Modify

Oct. 29, 2012 - PRLog -- A managing director Steve Granth and his colleague Juan Enriquez revealed on "Nature" magazine website in the UK, Superior Risk Management Company in Boston, more and moreevidence showed top athletes in the world are more or less carrying the special “performance enhanced" gene. For example, almost every Olympic male sprinter tested in vivo has the 577 allele of a-actinin protein-3 (ACTN3) gene. This gene also exists in 85% of Africans and 50% of Europeans and Asians. Thus those billions of athletes whoare lack of 577 alleles may have to re-evaluate the practicability of their own "dream" to win a medal at the Olympics.

So here is the vision: three scenes in future Olympic Games. First scene is that the games will continue to be their showing stages to who born with genetic superiority. The second scene is using handicap (that give a disadvantage position for stronger or make a slight advantage position for weaker) –some non-Olympic sport has also adopted this rules to create a fair games for those did not have a natural advantage. The third scene is, if proven to be safe, we will upgrade weakerby gene therapy. However, "gene doping" is prohibited currently.

Scientists have confirmed that more than 20 kinds of gene mutations are associated with athletic ability. For example, athletes who carry "I" mutation of ACE Gene is much easier to climb8,000-meter peak than who do not carry. 94% of Shellpa people from Nepal Kathmandu Valley have "I" mutation; while in other ethnic populations, only 45% have this mutation, which can improve people's endurance. Studies on United Kingdom runners also found this gene mutation among those have good endurance.

However, this kind of mutation is common in mass. Athletes probably need specific gene mutation if they want to be top ones. As more and more individual genomes are sorted, researchers began to study some rare mutation, which can really distinguish super athletesfrom world class athletes. For example, Finland's cross-country skiing athletes, seven Olympic medals winner,EeroMaumlntyrantahas gene mutation on his erythropoietin receptor (EPOR), which makes him can produce more25% red blood cells than the normal did. So his blood brings more oxygen than ordinary. That makes him being outstanding in the sport.

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