Sentences with phrase «autologous blood doping»

Among the new tests Cowan expects will be ready in time for the games are a more accurate test for human growth hormone (HGH) and a test for autologous blood doping, a method athletes use to boost the number of red blood cells and oxygen in circulation by drawing their own blood, storing it, and then transfusing it back into themselves.

Autologous blood doping has been extraordinarily difficult to police because it uses no extraneous agents.