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BusinessWeek
June 14, 2004
Arlene Weintraub |
Can Drug-Busters Beat New Steroids? Scientists enlisted by anti-doping agencies are trying to stay a step ahead of the cheaters as the Athens Olympics approach.   |
Chemistry World
January 23, 2009
Ned Stafford |
Outwitting the doping cheats of the future Biochemists at the German Sport University in Cologne have developed an anti-doping test for a drug candidate in early development that may counteract muscle fatigue and potentially enhance athletic performance. |
Chemistry World
February 8, 2010
Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay |
To catch a cheating athlete As the athletes take center stage at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Winter Games this month, chemists will be hard at work behind the scenes to catch athletes looking to win by taking drugs or blood products to artificially boost their performance during the competition. |
Chemistry World
July 2, 2012
Michael Stow |
Protecting the spirit of competition With the London 2012 Olympics now upon us, the issue of doping in sport is once more in the media spotlight. As new therapies emerge from the pharmaceutical industry, we must be vigilant for new doping threats and new and improved detection methods are continually investigated and developed. |
Chemistry World
July 18, 2008
James Mitchell Crow |
New drug test misses Olympic deadline A biomarker-based test has been developed to detect athletes that have used banned drugs long after the compounds themselves become undetectable - but it won't be approved in time for the Beijing Olympics. |
Reason
April 2007
Ronald Bailey |
Testing Your Strength The World Anti-Doping Agency is developing tests for a form of cheating that doesn't exist yet. The agency banned gene doping, the alteration of genes to enhance athletic performance. |
Outside
July 2005
Brian Alexander |
The Awful Truth About Drugs in Sports Drug-testing expert Don Catlin is the doping detective who helped break the BALCO scandal wide open- and the man who's about to launch a radical new campaign to finally solve the problem of drugs in sports. |
Wired
January 2007
Mark McClusky |
The Righteous Fury of Dick Pound As head of the World Anti-Doping Agency, this man is on a crusade to rid elite sports of performance-enhancing drugs. And he's making a few enemies along the way. |
Outside
November 2003
Stuart Stevens |
Drug Test Everybody knows that many athletes cheat by using performance-enhancing drugs like steroids, testosterone, and EPO. But what is it like to take these banned substances? Do they really help you win? To find out, we sent an amateur cyclist out to try them and report back. |
Outside
January 2010
Brian Alexander |
Good Cop, Bad Cop A growing number of critics contend that WADA, the international agency that oversees drug testing in sports, has become overzealous and arrogant, sometimes trampling the civil liberties of athletes in the process. |
Chemistry World
July 2, 2012
Bibiana Campos Seijo |
It's not all about winning Our 'Chemistry and the Olympics' feature, looks into the vital role chemistry will play during the Olympic games, in particular in relation to the work of the anti-doping labs and the science behind sports drinks and swimsuits. |
Chemistry World
June 27, 2012 |
Chemistry and the Olympics Emma Davies looks into the vital role chemistry will play during the Olympic and Paralympic games |
Chemistry World
October 10, 2012
Phillip Broadwith |
Taming erythropoietin through synthesis US researchers have produced a fully synthetic version of erythropoietin, the glycoprotein responsible for regulating blood cell production. |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Top 10: Steroid Excuses Athletes are known for their physical gifts and not their intellectual aptitude, which explains why there have been so many far-fetched steroid excuses over the years. These top 10 steroid excuses have been used by many athletes. |
Sports Illustrated
August 3, 2000 |
IOC to target EPO dopers ...the International Olympic Committee will conduct tests for the cutting-edge performance enhancer erythropoietin... |
AskMen.com
Jeff Bayer |
Steroids 101 If you are considering taking steroids, you first have to decide if that's a risk worth taking. |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Victor Conte Interview We caught up with Victor Conte, possibly the most infamous non-athlete associated with steroids, to find out if the next generation of athletes are destined to raise the bar by juicing, just as snowboarders and tennis players do by continuously getting improved equipment? |
Outside
June 2004
Heil & Bradley |
Spinning in Their Graves The Tour's new scandal: Elite cyclists are mysteriously dropping dead. |
