Gene doping: Present and future.

Being an elite athlete is an extremely coveted position, which can lead an individual to use doping. As knowledge is extended, doping techniques have become increasingly sophisticated, and the newest method of doping is gene doping. This article aims to present an updated bibliographic survey that addresses gene doping between 1983 and 2018. Anti-doping agencies have not yet approved any detection technique for this type of doping. The possibility of eradicating such doping is almost zero mainly because gene therapy advances rapidly. In this scenario, the future of gene doping must be discussed and decided before irreversible limits are exceeded.

Essential Features of Third-Party Certification Programs for Dietary Supplements: A Consensus Statement.

The presence of performance-enhancing drugs in dietary supplements poses serious anti-doping and health risks to athletes and military service members. A positive drug test, suboptimal health, or adverse event can ruin a career in either setting. These populations need to be certain in advance that a product is of high quality and free from performance-enhancing drugs and other banned substances. However, no regulatory authority conducts or mandates a quality review before dietary supplements are sold. Under the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act, the Food and Drug Administration does not have a role in the premarket safety review of dietary supplements. Due to the increasing demand for high-quality, properly labeled dietary supplements, multiple companies have stepped into this void by offering testing and quality review programs for dietary supplements. Each of these third-party programs has its own quality assurance program with varying testing components. It is difficult for consumers in the sport and military settings to assess whether a particular certification program reduces the risks enough so that they can use a product with confidence. This article puts forward the consensus of the authors on current best practices for third-party certification programs for dietary supplements consumed by athletes and military service members. Also discussed are important ways that third-party programs can develop in the future to improve access to safe, high-quality dietary supplements for these populations.

Doping em esportes equestres / Doping in equestrian sports / Doping en deportes ecuestres

O doping pode ser conceituado como uma intervenção no desempenho físico de um atleta. Dos desafios impostos à detecção de ocorrência do doping nos esportes equestres, destacam-se os diversos métodos analíticos disponíveis, as substâncias dopantes com características físico-químicas diversas e particularidades inerentes, além da diversidade de amostras biológicas que podem ser coletadas. O objetivo deste trabalho é realizar uma revisão bibliográfica acerca do histórico do doping, a legislação envolvida na sua realização, destacando-se algumas substâncias dopantes mais comuns, amostras passíveis de coleta e metodologias a serem empregadas.

The doping concept can be defined as an intervention on an athlete physical performance. Of the challenges in detecting doping in equestrian sports, it is highlighted the several analytical methods available, different doping substances, with their own physical-chemical characteristics and particularities, and a range of biological samples that can be collected. The aim of this study is to perform a bibliographical review on doping history, legislation, highlighting some common doping substances, sampling and analytical methodologies available.

El doping es caracterizado como una intervención em la performance del atleta. De los desafíos de la detección del doping en los deportes ecuestres, se destaca los diversos métodos analíticos disponibles, las substancias dopantes con distintas características físico-químicas y particularidades, además de la diversidad de muestras que puedan ser colectadas. El propósito de este trabajo es realizar una revisión bibliográfica acerca del histórico del doping, su legislación, destacando las substancias dopantes comunes, muestreo y metodologias analíticas.

Autoridade Brasileira de Controle de Dopagem (ABCD).

The creation of the ABCD and the inclusion for the first time of a provision of financial resources in the Government's General Budget Forecast, demonstrates the degree of Brazil's commitment in the fight against doping. This as we seek to know and evaluate these models of excellence to help to structure and develop our own doping control operations, always taking into account the Brazilian reality.

Brazilian antidoping public policy.

Doping, used to improve sports performance, is legally prohibited. This paper describes Brazilian regulations, resolutions, and Federal laws addressing the issue of doping and antidoping which were collected in 2012 from official websites. We conclude that Brazilian laws have constrained doping, and have been updated over the years to conform to worldwide legal guidelines. Study limitations are noted.

[Discussion of public health and decriminalization of doping]. / Debate sobre salud pública y despenalización del dopaje.

These reflections aim to increase awareness of the contradictions inherent in the definition of sport and its relation to health and education. Taking the doping issue as a point of departure, we seek to open a general debate regarding the impact of the sports performance industry on public health. Illegal doping practices lead to the health insecurity of many professional and aspiring athletes, and, moreover, to the ethical disorientation of sports amateurs and educators. We therefore consider the necessity of discussing a possible decriminalization of doping in professional sports.

[Anti-doping control and public health: limits to the exposure of human health to risk in the name of sporting glory]. / Regulação antidoping e saúde pública: limites à exposição humana ao risco sanitário e a glória desportiva.

Given the current regulatory environment surrounding doping in the world, and in view of the recurring scandals linking leading athletes in a variety of sports with doping, this paper aims to provide some thoughts on the relationship between doping and public health, taking as base reference the risks doping poses to health and considering the regulatory options that have been adopted by the international community and the sports federations to control and supervise this unsporting and risky practice. The text seeks to reflect on the necessary balance between sport and health, as well as on the role of the state in preserving this balance.