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Blood 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.
Continuous erythropoietin receptor activator (CERA) is the generic term for drugs in a new class of third-generation erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs). In the media, these agents are commonly referred to as 'EPO', short for erythropoietin .
Blood doping is the injection of red blood cells, related blood products that contain red blood cells, or artificial oxygen containers. This is done by extracting and storing one's own blood prior to an athletic competition, well in advance of the competition so that the body can replenish its natural levels of red blood cells, and subsequently injecting the stored blood immediately before ...
Donati felt this work "opened the road to EPO . . . because blood doping was a trial to understand the role of EPO". [36] Dr. Michele Ferrari, a former student and protege of Conconi, [37] had a controversial interview mentioning the drug in 1994, just after his Gewiss–Ballan team had a remarkable performance in the La Flèche Wallonne race.
Erythropoietin (/ ɪ ˌ r ɪ θ r oʊ ˈ p ɔɪ. ɪ t ɪ n,-r ə-,-p ɔɪ ˈ ɛ t ɪ n,-ˈ iː t ɪ n /; [1] [2] [3] EPO), also known as erythropoetin, haematopoietin, or haemopoietin, is a glycoprotein cytokine secreted mainly by the kidneys in response to cellular hypoxia; it stimulates red blood cell production (erythropoiesis) in the bone marrow.
Australian middle-distance runner Peter Bol has been cleared of EPO use by the country's top anti-doping agency. The two-time Olympian was informed by Sport Integrity Australia on Tuesday that ...
Riccardo Forconi tested positive for blood doping/EPO use prior to the Giro d'Italia. [223] Dario Frigo was expelled from the Giro d'Italia after police discovered banned substances in his hotel room. [224] [225] In 2005 he was arrested and banned from the Tour de France after police found 10 doses of erythropoietin (EPO) in his wife's car. [226]
Former Tokyo Marathon runner-up Tsehay Gemechu was banned for four years because of suspected blood doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit said Thursday. The 25-year-old Ethiopian also was ...