New test to crack down on athlete-cheating with drugs
Friday, September 14, 2012 - 09:30
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have developed a new test to catch growth hormone drugs-cheats in sport. The test is based on the measurement of two proteins in the blood, insulin-like growth factor-I and the amino terminal pro-peptide of type III collagen. Both of these proteins, which act as markers of growth hormone use, increase in response to growth hormone.