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What Is EPO?
Fresh allegations by Lance Armstrong's former teammate Tyler Hamilton are bad news for the man in yellow. Hamilton says Armstrong used EPO to train for the Tour de France. So what's EPO, and why is that a big deal?
EPO is a hormone...
EPO, or more properly erythropoietin, is a protein hormone produced by the liver and kidneys. However, it can also be produced via cell cultures in a lab. In an odd turn of events, one of the first companies to begin manufacturing EPO (under the trade name Epogen) was Amgen, the current sponsor of the Tour of California.
...that stimulates red blood cell production...
EPO regulates how many red blood cells your body produces. It binds with receptors in your bone marrow and cranks up your red blood cell count. It's commonly used to treat anemia, often due to kidney disease or cancer. Armstrong was likely given EPO when he was recovering from cancer under a doctor's treatment.
PARIS, France—Administering a single dose of erythropoietin (EPO) to ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients treated with a novel stent designed to capture circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) reduces neointimal proliferation and the need for repeat procedures. The promising but early results were announced Thursday, May 19 at EuroPCR 2011.
Harry Suryapranata, MD, PhD, of De Weezenlanden Hospital (Zwolle, the Netherlands), presented findings from the Zwolle substudy of the HEBE-III trial, which is examining the effects of EPO vs. standard treatment on LVEF in STEMI patients. The substudy specifically looked at 196 STEMI patients enrolled in the trial who underwent primary ....
What Is EPO?
Fresh allegations by Lance Armstrong's former teammate Tyler Hamilton are bad news for the man in yellow. Hamilton says Armstrong used EPO to train for the Tour de France. So what's EPO, and why is that a big deal?
EPO is a hormone...
EPO, or more properly erythropoietin, is a protein hormone produced by the liver and kidneys. However, it can also be produced via cell cultures in a lab. In an odd turn of events, one of the first companies to begin manufacturing EPO (under the trade name Epogen) was Amgen, the current sponsor of the Tour of California.
...that stimulates red blood cell production...
EPO regulates how many red blood cells your body produces. It binds with receptors in your bone marrow and cranks up your red blood cell count. It's commonly used to treat anemia, often due to kidney disease or cancer. Armstrong was likely given EPO when he was recovering from cancer under a doctor's treatment.
PARIS, France—Administering a single dose of erythropoietin (EPO) to ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients treated with a novel stent designed to capture circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) reduces neointimal proliferation and the need for repeat procedures. The promising but early results were announced Thursday, May 19 at EuroPCR 2011.
Harry Suryapranata, MD, PhD, of De Weezenlanden Hospital (Zwolle, the Netherlands), presented findings from the Zwolle substudy of the HEBE-III trial, which is examining the effects of EPO vs. standard treatment on LVEF in STEMI patients. The substudy specifically looked at 196 STEMI patients enrolled in the trial who underwent primary ....
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