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Anti-doping agency to ban all gene editing in sport from 2018

Anti-doping agency to ban all gene editing in sport from 2018

9 October 2017

The World Anti-Doping Agency has extended its ban on “gene doping” to include all forms of gene editing – but it’s not clear if WADA will be able to enforce it
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App lets stadium crowds display giant messages with their phones

24 May 2017

The new app from IBM will let crowds automatically coordinates mass displays at big sporting events or protests using their smartphone cameras

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