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What is blood doping?
Once the gunfire signaled the start of the Beijing Olympics competition, the athletes would give each other a fraction of a second. And this is the time when blood dopin…
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Animal world
The mouse senses oxygen by skin
Biologists at the University of California San Diego have recently discovered that rats' skin can sense low oxygen levels and regulate the production of erythropoietin (…
Medicine - Health
Find the hormone to finish the exercise
Good news for people who are lazy but still want to lose weight and have a toned body: Swiss scientists have found a hormone that stimulates people to exercise more phys…
Medicine - Health
What makes great Olympians (Part II)
It is not uncommon but rare for a professional athlete to compete in the 40s. Torres - a sprinter - must rely heavily on technology as well as muscle strength rather tha…