| This month, some of the favorites to win
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| | bodies produce special proteins called
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| the Tour de France endurance bicycle race
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| | antibodies that attach to EPO. The
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| were prevented from entering because of
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| | antibodies are put on a special plate,
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| suspicion that they may have taken drugs
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| | and the test urine is added. If the
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| or had blood transfusions to raise their
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| | urine contains EPO, a band consisting of
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| red blood cell counts. That brings up
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| | the antibody tied to the EPO appears on
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| the accusation that Lance Armstrong,
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| | the special plate.
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| possibly the most dominant endurance
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| | Researchers at Catholic University of
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| bicycle racer of all time, took blood
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| | Leuven in Belgium showed that "this
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| boosting drugs when he won the first of
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| | widely used test can occasionally lead to
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| his seven Tour De France victories.
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| | the false-positive detection of EPO in
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| The allegation is that Lance Armstrong's
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| | postexercise, protein-rich urine." Any
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| urine, kept in storage for six years, had
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| | athlete can have a false positive test
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| a positive test for EPO, a restricted
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| | with this procedure. Most people with
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| drug that raises blood levels of
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| | healthy kidneys do not spill protein in
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| oxygen-carrying and performance-enhancing
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| | their urine, but after strenuous
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| hemoglobin. An article published in
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| | exercise, athletes with normal kidneys
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| this month's issue of the prestigious
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| | often spill protein into their urine.
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| medical journal, Blood (June 15, 2006)
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| | For example, more than 80 percent of
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| shows that after competing in any
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| | runners spilled protein into their urines
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| athletic event, any athlete could have a
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| | after running the Boston Marathon. The
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| false positive urine test for EPO.
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| | authors state that the antibodies that
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| The test for EPO is done by injecting the
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| | are used in the test can attach to any
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| protein, EPO, into animals so that their
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| | protein in the urine, not just EPO.
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