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Now, hair-sampling test for rapists to weed out sports drug cheats

Source: NewKerala

London : United Kingdom | about 1 year ago

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B ritish sports chiefs will now get a new method in hand, called liquid chromatography, offered by judicial system scientists, to test for anabolic steroids, enabling accurate systematic identification of doping offenders. The new method using hair strands will do away with urine testing, which...

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Scientists favor hair in sports drug tests

News Source: United Press International | about 1 year ago

British scientists say a hair-sampling technique used to catch rapists will work better than a urine test to nab athletes using banned drugs. Hair samples offer a "telltale history" of a person's consumption patterns for up to a year, the scientists...
Now, hair-sampling test for rapists to weed out sports drug cheats

News Source: NewKerala | about 1 year ago

B ritish sports chiefs will now get a new method in hand, called liquid chromatography, offered by judicial system scientists, to test for anabolic steroids, enabling accurate systematic identification of doping offenders. The new method using hair...