Nanomaterials enhanced surface plasmon resonance for biological and chemical sensing applications

S Zeng, D Baillargeat, HP Ho, KT Yong - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The main challenge for all electrical, mechanical and optical sensors is to detect low
molecular weight (less than 400 Da) chemical and biological analytes under extremely …

The specificities of elite female athletes: a multidisciplinary approach

C Castanier, V Bougault, C Teulier, C Jaffré… - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
Female athletes have garnered considerable attention in the last few years as more and
more women participate in sports events. However, despite the well-known repercussions of …

Integration of molecular profiles in a longitudinal wellness profiling cohort

A Tebani, A Gummesson, W Zhong, IS Koistinen… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
An important aspect of precision medicine is to probe the stability in molecular profiles
among healthy individuals over time. Here, we sample a longitudinal wellness cohort with …

Serum androgen levels in elite female athletes

S Bermon, PY Garnier, AL Hirschberg… - The Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Objective: Prior to the implementation of the blood steroidal module of the Athlete Biological
Passport, we measured the serum androgen levels among a large population of high-level …

Endocrine profiles in 693 elite athletes in the postcompetition setting

ML Healy, J Gibney, C Pentecost… - Clinical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To measure a profile of hormones in a group of elite athletes. Increasing
awareness of the widespread use of hormones as performance‐enhancing agents focusses …

Monitoring of biological markers indicative of doping: the athlete biological passport

M Saugy, C Lundby, N Robinson - British journal of sports medicine, 2014 - bjsm.bmj.com
The athlete biological passport (ABP) was recently implemented in anti-doping work and is
based on the individual and longitudinal monitoring of haematological or urine markers …

Confounding factors and genetic polymorphism in the evaluation of individual steroid profiling

T Kuuranne, M Saugy, N Baume - British journal of sports medicine, 2014 - bjsm.bmj.com
In the fight against doping, steroid profiling is a powerful tool to detect drug misuse with
endogenous anabolic androgenic steroids. To establish sensitive and reliable models, the …

Erythropoietin as a performance-enhancing drug: Its mechanistic basis, detection, and potential adverse effects

O Salamin, T Kuuranne, M Saugy… - Molecular and cellular …, 2018 - Elsevier
Erythropoietin (EPO) is the main hormone regulating red blood cell (RBC) production. The
large-scale production of a recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) by biotechnological …

Prevalence estimate of blood doping in elite track and field athletes during two major international events

R Faiss, J Saugy, A Zollinger, N Robinson… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In elite sport, the Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) was invented to tackle cheaters by
monitoring closely changes in biological parameters, flagging atypical variations. The …

The use and abuse of growth hormone in sports

RIG Holt, KKY Ho - Endocrine reviews, 2019 - academic.oup.com
GH is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency as a performance-enhancing anabolic
agent. Doping with GH likely began in the early 1980s and became more prevalent with the …