Word: erythropoeitin
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When researchers found a way to bioengineer a version of the human hormone erythropoeitin (EPO), which acts as the body's trigger to create more red blood cells, it didn't take long for athletes with perfectly normal red-blood-cell counts to exploit the technology. French cyclists were caught using EPO in the 1998 Tour de France; Olympic officials began testing athletes at the Sydney Games...
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