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ReviewEquine veterinary journal2025

Gene doping in horse racing and equine sports: Current landscape and future perspectives.

Maria Puchalska, Olga Witkowska-Piłaszewicz

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Review in Equine veterinary journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Angiogenic Doping: Plausible Yet Difficult to Detect.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026
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  2. Special Issue "Gene Doping Control".International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  3. Cell and Gene Therapy in Equine Ocular Disease.Veterinary ophthalmology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Maria PuchalskaDepartment of Large Animals Diseases and Clinic, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
Olga Witkowska-PiłaszewiczDepartment of Large Animals Diseases and Clinic, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.

Funding

Narodowe Centrum Nauki 2021/41/B/NZ7/03548The publication was (co)financed by Science Development fund of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene doping, the use of gene therapy or genetic manipulation to enhance athletic performance, has emerged as a potential threat to the integrity and welfare of equine sports, such as horse racing and equestrian sports. This review aims to provide an overview of gene doping in horses, including the underlying technologies, potential applications, detection methods, ethical concerns and future perspectives. By understanding the current landscape of gene doping in horses, stakeholders can work together to develop strategies to safeguard the integrity of equine sports.

Indexed as

Doping in SportsGenetic TherapySportsAnimalsHorsesdoping controlgene dopinghorseracehorsestransgeneswelfare

Identifiers

PMID39267222
PMCPMC11807943

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