New Test for Steroids Is Devised

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New Test for Steroids Is Devised
City of Hope researchers have developed a way to identify previously undetectable substances.

By Alan Abrahamson, Times Staff Writer

In what may prove to be a significant advance in the campaign against sports doping, City of Hope researchers have developed a new method of detecting performance-enhancing anabolic steroids, including so-called "designer steroids" that may escape current testing methods.

Authorities have long based their efforts to find evidence of doping through chemistry, with labs searching an athlete's blood or urine for chemical compounds known to enhance performance. But designer steroids such as THG â€â€