Comments on: Colour MRI, Agent Prion, Testing Testosterone http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/colour-mri-agent-prion-testing-testosterone.html Science Blog from Freelance Science Writer David Bradley Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:25:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/colour-mri-agent-prion-testing-testosterone.html/comment-page-2#comment-482632 David Bradley Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:06:08 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/?p=1705#comment-482632 Harmon, thanks for spotting that. It was a single missing " from the prions link. Fixed now. Thankfully, no spectroscopic techniques are infectious, yet. Harmon, thanks for spotting that. It was a single missing ” from the prions link. Fixed now. Thankfully, no spectroscopic techniques are infectious, yet.

]]> By: Harmon http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/colour-mri-agent-prion-testing-testosterone.html/comment-page-1#comment-482624 Harmon Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:38:55 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/?p=1705#comment-482624 David, Paragraph 4 is mangled. I expected something about Prions and get Raman instead. (I never knew that Raman was infectious!) Harmon David,
Paragraph 4 is mangled. I expected something about Prions and get Raman instead. (I never knew that Raman was infectious!)
Harmon

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/colour-mri-agent-prion-testing-testosterone.html/comment-page-1#comment-482169 David Bradley Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:57:40 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/?p=1705#comment-482169 Slevi, interesting point about doing retrospective tests. I guess there's a whole industry just waiting in the wings to apply tests to yesterday's gold medallists... Slevi, interesting point about doing retrospective tests. I guess there’s a whole industry just waiting in the wings to apply tests to yesterday’s gold medallists…

]]> By: Slevi http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/colour-mri-agent-prion-testing-testosterone.html/comment-page-1#comment-482159 Slevi Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:56:29 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/?p=1705#comment-482159 Yeh, the old fashioned taking steroids definitely isn't done that much anymore. With exception of course by the huge range of amateurs out there who want to bulk up as well. The more professional it gets the more medicalized it gets and what tends to be aimed at is stimulating the natural production or slowing down the break down. For example finasteride is one of those drugs which slows down the break down of testosteron to DHT. In the medical scene the drug is used for prostate hyperplasia and prostate cancer, it was also found to be effective for male pattern baldness. In the world of sports, well they either want to do something about their male pattern baldness as a skeleton racer claimed during the winter olympics 2 years ago or as an obvious booster of testosterone. As new drugs come and go their doctors usually are quick enough to pick up on what isn't tested for yet and to begin using that. It'd be interesting to see blood and urine preserved and tested once more say 5~10 years later to see who actually was clean. Yeh, the old fashioned taking steroids definitely isn’t done that much anymore. With exception of course by the huge range of amateurs out there who want to bulk up as well. The more professional it gets the more medicalized it gets and what tends to be aimed at is stimulating the natural production or slowing down the break down.

For example finasteride is one of those drugs which slows down the break down of testosteron to DHT. In the medical scene the drug is used for prostate hyperplasia and prostate cancer, it was also found to be effective for male pattern baldness.

In the world of sports, well they either want to do something about their male pattern baldness as a skeleton racer claimed during the winter olympics 2 years ago or as an obvious booster of testosterone.

As new drugs come and go their doctors usually are quick enough to pick up on what isn’t tested for yet and to begin using that. It’d be interesting to see blood and urine preserved and tested once more say 5~10 years later to see who actually was clean.

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/colour-mri-agent-prion-testing-testosterone.html/comment-page-1#comment-482034 David Bradley Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:36:51 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/?p=1705#comment-482034 I believe there are several compounds out there that are found naturally in the human body that can affect testosterone levels and so may be used illicitly to help build strength, bulk and raise pain thresholds during training. As with all such cat and mouse battles, the technology seems like a tortoise chasing a hare, to mix a metaphor or two... I believe there are several compounds out there that are found naturally in the human body that can affect testosterone levels and so may be used illicitly to help build strength, bulk and raise pain thresholds during training. As with all such cat and mouse battles, the technology seems like a tortoise chasing a hare, to mix a metaphor or two…

]]> By: Tom Lee http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/colour-mri-agent-prion-testing-testosterone.html/comment-page-1#comment-481948 Tom Lee Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:11:44 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/?p=1705#comment-481948 The new PF-MEKC-UV method to test testosterone sounds very promising, I am working in the sporting industry and seen athletes with "abnormal muscle growth" , up to 20 kg of solid muscles in 2 years training from day one!. it just leaves you wondering what they are taking to 'mask' their excessive use of testosterone. The new PF-MEKC-UV method to test testosterone sounds very promising, I am working in the sporting industry and seen athletes with “abnormal muscle growth” , up to 20 kg of solid muscles in 2 years training from day one!. it just leaves you wondering what they are taking to ‘mask’ their excessive use of testosterone.

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