Interesting concept: use of nanotechnology to monitor doping, even those compounds difficult to assay.
A Virginia-based biotechnology company, Ceres uses
its patented Nanotrap™ -- a spherical, carbon-based nanoparticle
designed to collect, concentrate, isolate and preserve the smallest and
scarcest of molecules found in body fluids -- to pursue a range of
applications in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, as well as
uses in sports doping screening, homeland security and environmental
remediation.
Ceres and the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency have partnered to study the
potential for a viable urine-based test for the detection of human
growth hormone (HGH). Laboratory findings recently published in
NanoLetters and Nano Research strongly suggest that development of this
screening tool is highly probable, a move that would revolutionize the
way college and professional sports organizations monitor potential
drug use by athletes.
The Nanotrap technology also is being reviewed by SAIC-Frederick Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Science Applications International Corp., to determine the feasibility of developing diagnostic tools that detect cancer at the earliest possible stage when treatment is most effective.
Lab testing for a peptide (protein) hormone like HGH is always vexing. Whereas the anabolic steroids either show a long half-life, or slowly seep out of muscle, HGH exits the body relatively quickly. A sensitive way of trapping the molecule would be a boon for dope testing.
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