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Sports doping: Racing just to keep up

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Anti-doping researchers are looking for new ways to catch cheaters. Can a biological passport help to save the sport?

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Callaway, E. Sports doping: Racing just to keep up. Nature 475, 283–285 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/475283a

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