Growth hormone (GH) is widely used as a performance‐enhancing drug. One of its best‐
characterized effects is increasing levels of circulating insulin‐like growth factor I (IGF‐I) …

Anabolic steroid and peptide hormones or growth factors are utilized to increase the
performance of athletes of professional or amateur sports. Despite their well-documented …

Background: Recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) is abused in sports, but
adequate routine doping tests are lacking. Analysis of serum hGH isoform composition has …

A method to perform absolute quantification of two biomarkers (IGF-1 and IGFBP-3) of
growth hormone abuse has been developed. Isotope dilution is used with synthetically …

The use of performance‐enhancing substances not only undermines the core values of
sports but also poses significant health risks to athletes. In a fast‐evolving doping …

Urine is a potential source of diagnostic biomarkers for detection of diseases, and is a very
attractive means of non-invasive biospecimen collection. Nonetheless, proteomic …

A surface plasmon resonance immunoassay has been developed to determine human
growth hormone (hGH) directly and without pre-treatment in human serum samples. A …

Growth Hormone (GH) is an important and powerful metabolic hormone that is secreted in a
pulsatile pattern from cells in the anterior pituitary, influenced by several normal and …

Doping is a problem that has plagued the world of competition and sports for ages. Even
before the dawn of Olympic history in ancient Greece, competitors have looked for artificial …

The use of growth hormone (GH) as a performance enhancing substance was first promoted
in lay publications, long before scientists fully acknowledged its benefits. It is thought …