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ReviewBundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz2026

[Gene doping: current test methods and analytical challenges].

Mario Thevis, Andreas Thomas, Nana Naumann

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Review in Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Mario ThevisZentrum für Präventive Dopingforschung, Institut für Biochemie, Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln, Am Sportpark Müngersdorf 6, 50933, Köln, Deutschland. thevis@dshs-koeln.de.
Andreas ThomasZentrum für Präventive Dopingforschung, Institut für Biochemie, Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln, Am Sportpark Müngersdorf 6, 50933, Köln, Deutschland.
Nana NaumannZentrum für Präventive Dopingforschung, Institut für Biochemie, Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln, Am Sportpark Müngersdorf 6, 50933, Köln, Deutschland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene doping refers to the use of gene therapeutic substances or technologies for the purpose of illicit sport performance enhancement. A wide variety of doping analytical detection methods are currently under development, ranging from PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) to high-resolution mass spectrometry to clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) and CRISPR-associated (CRISPR/Cas)-based detection methods. Due to the diverse approaches in gene therapy clinical research, it can be assumed that a wide variety of methods will also be needed to detect cases of gene doping. The increasing availability of unapproved gene doping-related products on the open consumer market underscores the urgent need to establish new detection methods for routine doping control analysis.

Indexed as

Doping in SportsGenetic TherapySubstance Abuse DetectionGene Therapy AgentsHumansMass SpectrometryGene therapyMass spectrometryPerformance enhancementSportsTransgene

Identifiers

PMID42236579
PMCPMC13323523

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