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By Mat Luebbers, About.com Guide to Swimming since 1999

Drug Testing Can Be Fooled By Genes

Friday May 9, 2008
The New York Times is reporting on a research study that shows some humans could fool a drug test through a naturally occurring trait. Some people are missing a gene that allows testosterone to dissolve in urine. These people could inject testosterone, but it would never show up in a standard urine screening test for doping. (Gina Kolata/New York Times)

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