Research seminar

The following projects were presented:

Blood profiles as evidence in doping cases
Tille Marie Breda, University of Oslo
This master thesis focuses on the legal aspects of using blood profiles as evidence in doping cases. Conclusion: Provided that WADA’s guidelines are followed and evidence is reliably assessed, a blood profile will be considered sufficient evidence from a legal point of view in doping cases, in accordance with NIF’s legislation.

Can the use of anabolic steroids create increased potential for muscle growth
 - even long after abuse has stopped?
Ingrid Egner, University of Oslo
The study shows that strength training probably causes a lasting increase in the number of muscle nuclei, which creates increased potential for muscle growth even after a period without training where the muscle volume has reduced. The next stage in the study is to see whether the same occurs when using anabolic steroids. If this is the case, this will have consequences on the duration of doping judgements. The first section of the study was published in the noted journal “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” this year.

Can the use of colostrum tablets cause an increased concentration of IGF-1 in the blood?
Lene Nymo Trulsen og Anne Øverøyen,
University of Tromsø
Conclusion: The addition of colostrum, either in the form or CuraMed or Colostrum sucrose tablets,
caused no acute increase of serum-IFG-1. Neither does the study reveal any dose dependent difference between the consumption of products with different concentrations of colostrum content. This means that the use of colostrum tablets does not entail any risk of a positive test for IGF-1 in a doping test.

Exposure of the use of testosterone gel –
potential ethnic differences and consequences
for testing.
Ingunn Hullstein,
Norwegian Laboratory for Doping Analysis
Two different testosterone preparations will be given to 20 healthy test subjects in the study: 10 Chinese and 10 Norwegian subjects. The object is to see what significance ethnic differences may have on low doses of testosterone use. The study is a collaboration with the Chinese Laboratory for Doping Analyses in Beijing.

Can analysis of wastewater reveal doping use?
Chris Harman, NIVA
The Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) has previously performed a research project in which they analysed wastewater for narcotic substances. They now wish to perform equivalent investigations to reveal doping use in order to study the use of anabolic steroids in a wider population. The sampling will start this autumn.