Interesting article on the production of synthetic red blood cells.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-12752422
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-12752422
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Would riders not be able to offer their own DNA for a batch, you think? Nice for weekend batches, when the factory is closed.JPM London said:Wouldn't it simply be caught by the homologous test? It wouldn't be the rider's own dna...
exactly no god for doping.JPM London said:Wouldn't it simply be caught by the homologous test? It wouldn't be the rider's own dna...
I thought there was a god of doping? Texan bloke, name eludes me for the moment....forty four said:exactly no god for doping.
It may not be worth the trouble when you can just store some blood when you're "in training" for this few rare occasions you show up to an actual race.Chuffy said:I thought there was a god of doping? Texan bloke, name eludes me for the moment....
@Cloxxi - surely the artificial cells won't have distinct DNA, so 'coding' them with a rider's DNA is going to be a whole separate line of (incredibly expensive) research.
Hopefully a real scientist will be along in a minute to correct/confirm.
Hermatazeus!Chuffy said:I thought there was a god of doping? Texan bloke, name eludes me for the moment....
@Cloxxi - surely the artificial cells won't have distinct DNA, so 'coding' them with a rider's DNA is going to be a whole separate line of (incredibly expensive) research.
Hopefully a real scientist will be along in a minute to correct/confirm.
Red cells have no DNA. The HBT works by identifying proteins on the surface membrane of the cells. Apparently the goal of this process is to produce "donorless" red cells, which means that they are made using human embryonic stem cell lines. In this case, the cells must be type O, negative (universal donor), so that they are compatible with anyone. But these cells would contain the minor antigens of their original source, so would be detectable by HBT.JPM London said:Wouldn't it simply be caught by the homologous test? It wouldn't be the rider's own dna...