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"Scientists from the Houston Methodist Research Institute have claimed to be just ready with a technology that would someday be the first blood test for the early detection of breast cancer was shown in preliminary studies to successfully identify the presence of breast cancer cells from serum biomarkers."

"Sydney Roosters general manager Brian Canavan said on Wednesday that his players were tested for human growth hormone without the consent of club officials and staff. Confirming he had severed ties with the weight loss and nutritional company Nubodi earlier this year he said the Roosters had been disturbed to discover that his players were tested for the levels of HGH in their blood during the firm's brief association with the club."

"Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has remarked that he has many times asked UEFA, the European governing body of football, to consider using blood tests for finding cheaters in football."

"VANCOUVER -- Researchers at the University of British Columbia have developed a DNA test to catch athletes who use blood doping to enhance their performance, but its limitations mean the current testing system will continue to detect cheaters."

"The world governing body of football is creating blood and urine profiles of the world's top players with unannounced visits by an anti-doping team to clubs like Champions League winner Bayern Munich. This is done to ensure that the stars are under scrutiny ahead of next year's football World Cup."

"National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE), a U.K. government body that provides guidance on health services, has urged gyms to offer needles to people who inject anabolic androgenic steroids. It also urged gyms to provide needles to those injecting tanning drugs so that the risk of contracting blood-borne viruses can be reduced."

"LONDON - Novak Djokovic's scathing comments on tennis' anti-doping authorities have dominated conversation at the ATP World Tour Finals this week. The world No. 2 said he had lost all faith in the anti-doping system after the way fellow Serb Viktor Troicki's punishment was handled for failing to provide a requested blood sample."

"The International Equestrian Federation has confirmed that the B blood sample taken from Clifton Promise, ridden by New Zealander Jock Paget at the Burghley International Horse Trials, has tested positive for the banned substance Reserpine."

"BERLIN (AFP) - Germany's only Tour de France winner, Jan Ullrich, turns 40 on Monday, insisting he has come to terms with his doping past. Ullrich, who retired in 2007 having won the 1997 Tour, admitted earlier this year that he had resorted to blood doping during his career with the help of Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes."

"FIFA's chief medical officer has remarked that Brazil, the host of the FIFA World Cup 2014, has to foot part of the bill to fly blood and urine samples of footballers to Switzerland for doping tests."

"Researchers at the University of British Columbia have developed a DNA test to catch athletes who use blood doping to enhance their performance, but its limitations mean the current testing system will continue to detect cheaters."

"Some were cyclists who injected themselves with banned endurance boosters and popped testosterone pills. Some lay side by side with teammates while blood dripped from chilled IV bags and into their swelling veins. Others were doctors who helped cyclists dope or middlemen who ferried drugs for Lance Armstrong's United States Postal Service team."

"University of British Columbia researchers have developed a DNA test for catching athletes who use blood doping to improve their performance."