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Bookmark or Share- Blood doping | Performance Enhancing Effects & RisksBlood doping, use of substances or techniques that increase the number of circulating red blood cells (erythrocytes) or the oxygen-carrying capacity of blood to improve human performance. Although therapies such as blood transfusion and the administration of drugs to increase red cell production.
- Blood Doping: Types, Risks, and Tests - WebMDBlood doping is an illicit method of improving athletic performance by artificially boosting the blood's ability to bring more oxygen to muscles. In many cases, blood doping increases the...
- Blood doping - WikipediaBlood doping is defined as the use of illicit products (e.g. erythropoietin (EPO), darbepoetin-alfa, hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) stabilizers) and methods (e.g. increase aerobic capacity by maximizing the uptake of O 2) in order to enhance the O 2 transport of the body to the muscles.
- The evolving science of detection of ‘blood doping’ - PMCIn an attempt to detect and limit blood doping, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has launched the Athlete Biological Passport where indirect markers for all types of blood doping are evaluated on an individual level.
- Blood Doping and EPO: An Anti-Doping FAQ | USADAWhat is blood doping? Blood doping is the practice of misusing certain techniques and substances to increase the number of circulating red blood cells (and hemoglobin mass) in the body.
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