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Why don't they just catheterize everyone. That'd thin the ranks.

>From: "Jon Nigbor"
>To:
>Subject: [OBRA Chat] FW: Detergent enzyme to mask EPO? Ullrich named
>Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 09:12:37 -0700
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>Detergent enzyme to mask EPO? Ullrich named
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>Urine samples being tested for EPO are supposed to show a certain amount of
>EPO, which is naturally produced in the body. But what if the sample shows
>absolutely none? This is happening more and more frequently, according to
>the Neue Zricher Zeitung, and allegedly some cyclists are using some sort
>of powder to affect their urine tests. The paper reports that Swiss TV SF1
>has identified this powder as protease, an enzyme in laundry detergent
>which
>usually works as a stain remover, giving a whole new twist to the term
>"racing clean". And a familiar big name is mentioned in association with
>the
>new problem - Jan Ullrich.
>
>The theory goes this way: The athlete puts a little of the powder in the
>pockets of his pants. Before urinating, he puts his fingers into it, and
>urinates over his fingers at the control, so that the enzyme is mixed with
>his urine in the container. This little amount is sufficient to destroy the
>protein, and therefore the EPO, in the urine. "Protease is simply easy to
>use, cheap and available without prescription - and thus an almost perfect
>aid for the deceptive athlete," says the NZZ.
>
>The process doesn't seem to have become too popular yet. Marial Saugy,
>director of the Lausanne doping laboratory, said that "less than 10 percent
>of the samples" showed a zero EPO value. This did not necessarily mean that
>protease was being used, but the lab is currently testing the enzyme. "We
>should have legally acceptable evidence within a few months," he said.
>
>Matthias Kamber, head of the antidoping department of the Swiss federal
>agency for sport, was reportedly the first to identify the problem. He
>noticed that over the last few months, more than a dozen doping samples
>containing no EPO at all were delivered. He listed the cases and noticed
>that some of them matched certain athletes. "That led us to suspect
>manipulation," he said. After conferring with other experts, he came to the
>conclusion that protease was involved and turned the matter over the
>Lausanne lab in spring 2006.
>
>According to SF1, one of the doping samples without EPO belonged to Jan
>Ullrich and was taken in South Africa in December 2005. The NZZ reported
>that there were at least two other similar samples form Ullrich according
>to
>its sources, and that a link to the evidence uncovered in Operation Puerto
>was possible: Certain documents uncovered by the Spanish Guardia Civil
>relating to Ullrich repeatedly used the word "polvos" - powder.
>
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