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NICK Nick Schulz is the Editor of Tech Central Station and has worked in media circles and the ideas industry as a writer, editor, television producer and policy analyst. His writings have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Slate, The National Post of Canada, The Baltimore Sun, Investor's Business Daily, The Washington Times, National Review, Reason, Policy Review, and several other publications. He is also, it should be said, a rabid sports fan whose fandom is inversely proportional to his overall athletic ability.
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October 12, 2005

Schwarzenegger Mice... and Men

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Here's the beginning of an interesting series on gene doping.


What happens when sports can't test for performance enhancement? What happens when all the current testing — mostly through blood and urine samples — becomes irrelevant?

"We put so much stock in improving the testing program and having more tests, that when we lose testing as a tool, we're going to be screwed," says Will Carroll, author of "The Juice," a book that looks at baseball's drug problems.

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