blood doping
Illicit oxygen boost
Blood doping is the practice of artificially increasing red blood cell count to enhance athletic performance, typically by transfusing stored blood or using drugs like EPO.
More oxygen reaches muscles, boosting endurance.
The practice is banned in competitive sports: The cyclist was stripped of his titles after blood doping was discovered.
- EPORed blood cell hormone
- transfusionTransfer of blood intravenously
- hematocritRed cell volume fraction
- hemoglobinErythrocyte's oxygen-binding protein
- cyclingRiding on two wheels
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