A team of Gold Coasters may make history by ending the scourge of the Olympic Games and they want locals to help them.
A team of academics from Bond University’s Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine has been chosen from a nation-wide tender process to design a revolutionary method to uncover doping – a practice that has lured many athletes seeking that elusive edge.
The project team are looking for 30 healthy men aged 18-35 who are active in resistance or weight training to participate in a one-week trial in February. Participants will be required to attend follow-up sessions over a four week period.
The Bond University project has received financial backing from the Anti-Doping Research Program within the Commonwealth Department of Health to complete studies that examine how growth hormones affect gene expression.
Project leader, Dr Bon Gray, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine at Bond University is available for interview on (07) 5595 4454 or 0407 756 065.
