Scientists Hot on Gene Doping Trail

 therapy and gene-targeting therapeutics were mostly a matter of medical prediction. Since then, they’ve moved to the edge of medical reality. Most advances are still limited to lab animals, but that hasn’t stoppedAfter warning for years that athletes would try to dope their genes, scientists are finding ways to catch them. The tests are still being refined in animals, but will likely be run years from now on samples taken at the upcoming Winter Olympics and stored.