Abstract

VIEIRA BOMTEMPO, Tiago. Gene Therapy and Genetic Doping: Bioethical and Biolegal Dialogues. rev.latinoam.bioet. [online]. 2019, vol.19, n.1, pp.77-91. ISSN 1657-4702.  https://doi.org/10.18359/rlbi.3583.

The application of genetic engineering in sports awakens the debate with the creation of genetically modified athletes, from genetic doping. In this sense, these studies seek to address the genetic improvement in sport, presenting its main bioethical and bio-legal questions. Therefore, authors in Biolaw, Bioethics, Philosophy and Genetics were investigated, given the interdisciplinary nature that the subject demands. Thus, the distinction between treatment and improvement was presented, with gene therapy and genetic doping, and, immediately, focused on the bioethical and legal issues that the object of the research involves, so that, in the end, the reader can reflect on the impacts of genetics applied to sports performance and society. The results of this research allow us to conclude that evolution is inherent to man, but when it comes to genomic alteration, it is imperative to reflect on the impacts of genetic improvement in order to guarantee equal fundamental freedoms in the context of the Democratic Rule of Law. With this approach, it is demonstrated that bioethics is the axis of the multidisciplinary dialogue and debate that the topic involves for the construction of the new paths of human genetic engineering.

Keywords : doping; genetic engineering; bioethics; law; democracy.

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