Question

How can scientists detect blood doping?

Answer 1

Answer:

There are typically three ways that it is accomplished: use of erythropoietin (EPO) or synthetic oxygen carriers and blood transfusions. While transfusions of large volumes of blood or use of EPO can be detected, microdosing EPO or transfusing smaller volumes of packed red blood cells is much harder to detect.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

Blood doping via homologous transfusion can be detected by testing. The tests were used at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. EPO injections. Blood and urine tests can detect the presence of synthetic EPO