Now that you have studied about blood. Explain why you think EPO doping would be dangerous for cardiovascular health. Do you think any benefit an athlete gains outweigh the risks?
Erythropoietin (from the Greek erythros "red" and protein "to make") is a glycoprotein hormone (that is, made up of sugars and proteins) that plays an essential role in the synthesis of red blood cells.
In addition, it has another series of functions, related to cell death and brain response to lack of oxygen.
It is a substance generated naturally by our body in the absence of oxygen (hypoxia). It is manufactured primarily in the kidney and, to a lesser extent, in the liver (and, residually in other organs, such as the brain and spleen). When a loss of red …show more content…
Should we be trying to develop these new technologies?
I totally disagree with these statement from Andy Miah, I do not want swimmers with webbed fingers to get better stroke, I disagree with the super athletes or super men created in a lab setting. I would agree if the technology is to help the athletes to recover from injuries, but to modify or adjust any part of the body for competition.
Name some adverse side effects you would be concerned about.
Increase in blood pressure Excessive hematocrit elevation. This can cause cerebrovascular accidents, thrombosis and myocardial infarction. Basically the effect of EPO is an increase in the amount of red blood cells in the blood and this leads to an increase in the viscosity of the blood, aggravated by the dehydration that occurs in intense exercises. In some cases, after the administration of subcutaneous EPO, the organism produces anti-EPO antibodies and a very severe anemia develops that requires frequent blood
Erythropoietin (from the Greek erythros "red" and protein "to make") is a glycoprotein hormone (that is, made up of sugars and proteins) that plays an essential role in the synthesis of red blood cells.
In addition, it has another series of functions, related to cell death and brain response to lack of oxygen.
It is a substance generated naturally by our body in the absence of oxygen (hypoxia). It is manufactured primarily in the kidney and, to a lesser extent, in the liver (and, residually in other organs, such as the brain and spleen). When a loss of red …show more content…
Should we be trying to develop these new technologies?
I totally disagree with these statement from Andy Miah, I do not want swimmers with webbed fingers to get better stroke, I disagree with the super athletes or super men created in a lab setting. I would agree if the technology is to help the athletes to recover from injuries, but to modify or adjust any part of the body for competition.
Name some adverse side effects you would be concerned about.
Increase in blood pressure Excessive hematocrit elevation. This can cause cerebrovascular accidents, thrombosis and myocardial infarction. Basically the effect of EPO is an increase in the amount of red blood cells in the blood and this leads to an increase in the viscosity of the blood, aggravated by the dehydration that occurs in intense exercises. In some cases, after the administration of subcutaneous EPO, the organism produces anti-EPO antibodies and a very severe anemia develops that requires frequent blood