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Published online 4 August 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040802-14

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Beating the drug cheats

Experts fear the battle may never be won.

With the Olympics Games fast approaching, headlines about drug-taking athletes stripped of their medals will surely not be far behind. So, away from the arena, a rather different race is being run - between the dopers and the officials trying to catch them out.

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