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Drugs in sport…
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Tramadol – why is it not banned in sport?
Posted on October 19, 2017 | No comments -
Why are some drugs banned in sport? WADA Prohibited list
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Doping and AntiDoping, Pure Doublethink – Icarus Film Review
Posted on June 11, 2017 | No comments
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You said… what?
Dr Tom Bassindale on Jamaicans and footballers: how to interpret a single urine sample
3rd Apr 17
Thanks Christiaan, I agree it is a real thing, it looks like China and Mexico have a particular issue, amongst …Christiaan Bartlett on Jamaicans and footballers: how to interpret a single urine sample
3rd Apr 17
The contaminated meat causing clenbuterol positives is a real thing: https://www.wada-ama.org/en/media/news/2011-10/wada-withdraws-cas-appeal-in-case-of-mexican-footballers but as you say this exoneration maybe only possible because players …Dr Tom Bassindale on Forensic scientists arrested following probe at Manchester toxicology lab
20th Feb 17
Thanks Bob, a useful example for our students of the importance of getting it right or holding your hand up …Latest research…
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Drones and Textile Evidence – A guest blog
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Reflecting and moving onwards
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Forensic Horizons – research conference 2013
Posted on November 24, 2013 | 3 comments
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Sport archive
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Jamaicans and footballers: how to interpret a single urine sample
Posted on April 3, 2017 | 2 CommentsThis blog post has been written after seeing many comments on a footballers drug test results and also the news that some Jamaicans had low levels of clenbuterol detected in their […] -
WADA report on Rio dope testing flaws
Posted on October 28, 2016 | 1 CommentAt every Olympic games there is a drug testing programme, coordinated by the local organising committee on behalf of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). For the past few games there has […] -
Transparency and missed doping control tests
Posted on August 31, 2016 | No CommentsRecently there have been increasing calls for transparency in sports drug testing,one issue being around missed tests. The Armitstead affair brought this issue to the fore last month. Should athletes have a […] -
Doping: black and white or shades of grey
Posted on March 20, 2016 | No CommentsIn the fall out from the Sharapova Meldonium case much has been made of what is and what isn’t cheating or doping. This is not such a certain area, containing many shades of […] -
Maria Sharapova and Meldonium Doping
Posted on March 7, 2016 | 9 CommentsYesterday the worlds richest sportswoman announced she had tested positive for a banned performance enhancing drug at the first ‘Grand Slam’ of the year in Australia. The drug – meldonium. […] -
Methylhexaneamine – still a problem in UK sports
Posted on April 22, 2013 | No CommentsOne year ago an athelte died while completing the London Marathon. Subsequently she was found to have used the controversial supplement Jack3d, containing methylhexaneamine (DMAA). Then in August last year […] -
How to get skinny and get cancer – GW1516
Posted on April 17, 2013 | 2 CommentsAround this time of year there starts to be a rush of articles in magazines and newspaper supplements on ‘getting skinny for summer’ – this one is a tip that wont appear on those […] -
Hair testing for sport and social drugs
Posted on February 27, 2013 | 13 CommentsFollowing the tragic death of the cricketer Tom Maynard there has been a recommendation that hair testing should be carried out on sportsmen and women to enable the detection of drug […] -
Operation Puerto
Posted on February 15, 2013 | No CommentsFor those interested in pro cycling one ‘Operation’ has been of massive interest and intrigue over the past 7 years – Operation Puerto. Currently this case is in court – what have we […] -
DMAA linked to marathon runners death
Posted on January 30, 2013 | 2 CommentsDimethylamylamine was reported to have been found in the blood of a runner who died in the London Marathon last year. At inquest it was found to be a contributing factor in her death. What […]