Detection of HGH still a big headache for anti-doping community
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Where Human growth hormone (HGH) emerged a magical fountain of youth, it has become a headache for anti-doping community who is still trying to find out a better way to detect HGH use by athletes.
No wonder the first Partnership for Clean Competition Conference took place in New York where several speakers lent their voice on the topic with Larry Bowers being one of them.
“Information out there suggests that it’s still a problem,” said Larry Bowers, the chief science officer at the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). “I am not sure we have the information to know the extent, but it’s certainly talked about a lot. And then we have the one circumstance of somebody admitting to using HGH after a validated blood test.”
Major League Baseball said it would implement the HGH blood test to its Minor League Drug Program, a relatively easy step since minor league players aren’t covered by the players’ union. MLB said in a statement it would also look into doing the same in the majors, which would have to be collectively bargained with the MLBPA.
“The Commissioner remains committed to the position that we must act aggressively to deal with the issue of HGH,” MLB spokesman Pat Courtney said in an e-mail.
National Football League spokesman Greg Aiello said the league was “closely following developments on HGH testing.”
Bowers said it could take up to five years before researchers have a urine test for HGH on the market, although a small start-up called Ceres Nano in Virginia has made progress. With the help from a grant from USADA, Ceres is wrapping up a study that measured the baseline levels of HGH in urine.
Bowers said a blood test is likely the way to go in the near term — and there could be a better mousetrap on the horizon. Bowers will present the findings from a California startup that could detect HGH in blood between five to eight days from its last use; the window for the current test is as short as 24 hours.
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