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Articles by Douwe de Boer
Anti-Doping’s Transparency Problem
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) recently revealed that Jannik Sinner, the current men’s singles world number one, failed two anti-doping tests in March.
Sports Doping: Closing Pandora’s Box
The athletes competing at the 2022 Winter Olympics have had their three-week shot at fame and glory in Beijing. Those who made the podium received their medals. Anthems were played, parties were enjoyed. But we don’t yet know for certain who really deserves the accolades. Because analytical chemists have another 10 years to catch athletes cheating with performance enhancing drugs.
Not been near to China and yet at risk for being positive for clenbuterol
Anti-doping expert and anti-doping consultent. Former director WADA lab Lissabon Alberto Contador tested during the Tour de France of 201o positive of 0,00000000005 grams per millilitre Since decades clenbuterol is applied illegally in cows and pigs to increase muscle growth and thus to achieve economical benefits from cultivating more meat per animal.
Nandrolone decanoate administration does not attenuate muscle atrophy during a short period of disuse
Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Astrid M. H. Horstman , Evelien M. P. Backx , Joey S. J. Smeets, Gabriel N. Marzuca-Nassr, Janneau van Kranenburg, Douwe de Boer, John Dolmans, Tim Snijders, Lex B. Verdijk, Lisette C. P. G. M. de Groot, Luc J. C. van Loon Astrid M. H. Horstman, Evelien M. P. Backx, Joey S. J. Smeets, Gabriel N. Marzuca-Nassr, Janneau van Kranenburg, Douwe de Boer, John Dolmans, Tim Snijders, Lex B. Verdijk, Lisette C. P. G. M.
A Decade of Doping - and Analytical Advances
In November, after a series of retroactive tests, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced that over 70 athletes from the Beijing and London Olympics were guilty of doping violations. The ten-year testing period and increasing sensitivity of analytical tests may help ‘beat the cheats’ (and redistribute a few medals), but they also raise questions and eyebrows. In an article in the New York Times (1), WADA’s Olivier Rabin said, “Science progresses every day.
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