Urine test for HGH detection is out
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One of the major advantages that HGH had over steroids was the fact that it is difficult to detect and test for HGH in the body. But now, there is some news for all the athletes who are counting on HGH for enhancing their performance. A team of scientists from the USA and Italy say they have developed a urine test that detects human growth hormone. This Virginia-based Ceres Nanosciences, partnered with George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., and Italy’s Istituto Superiore di Sanità , could have the test on the market within six months, company CEO Thomas Dunlap says. This information was first reported by the Washington Business Journal.
World Anti-Doping Agency representatives had a conference call with Ceres officials last week, WADA spokesman Frederic Donze says. Dunlap said the test can detect HGH two weeks after an athlete has last used it. Current blood screening for HGH, set to be used again at the Beijing Olympics, can identify HGH 24-48 hours after an athlete’s last use.
The researchers developed a particle about one-tenth the size of a red blood cell that attracts, traps and protects HGH molecules, according to George Mason research professor Alessandra Luchini. The particles surround nearly 100% of the HGH molecules and act as an amplifier, so available testing equipment can detect the synthetic hormone. This research came along when the researchers were actually on a lookout for fighting cancer.
“Our aim wasn’t to clean up sport like some social Santa Claus. We locked onto HGH because it presented us with a challenge due to the fact it’s so hard to detect. As a sports fan, it’d be great to know there could be a more-level playing field,” says George Mason life sciences professor Emanuel Petricoin, a member of Ceres’ scientific advisory board.
The next step is getting the WADA and pro leagues to approve the test’s use, a process that could take awhile. If the test is adopted by sports leagues and anti-doping organizations, the revenue that would be generated would go toward creating tests that can detect cancer in its earliest stages.
“If this proves to be a reliable test, this would be tremendously helpful,” says Drug Free Sport President Frank Uryasz, whose company runs the NCAA’s drug testing program.
Former senator George Mitchell, who led the investigation into baseball’s steroid era, told Congress in January, “Many players have shifted to human growth hormone, which is not detectable in any currently available urine test.”
So, all the doping athletes should better be on a watch because the new technology is out to catch them.
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