German researchers have devised new ways to validate dope-testing of athletes, in suspicious cases.
Detlef Thieme, of the Institute of Doping Analysis and Sports Biochemistry, in Dresden, described analytical techniques that can not only validate current tests for narcotics and stimulants but might be used to study the long-term effects of steroid action on the body.
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