Monthly Archives: February 2009

George Mason University researchers Lance Liotta, left, and Emanuel “Chip” Petricoin used nanoparticles to develop a urine test for human growth hormone. Anti-Doping Agency has agreed to help fund a Virginia-based company’s effort to gain acceptance in the anti-doping community for a urine test for human growth hormone, the entities will announce Friday. Ceres Nanosciences, which licensed the screening process developed by two George Mason University professors, will receive $65,000 to conduct a six-month study of whether the test can be reliably repeated on dozens of samples. The George Mason researchers, Emanuel “Chip” Petricoin and Lance Liotta, will oversee the study, which is a crucial step because of the large scale on which the test would be used with athletes. Petricoin and Liotta, who are on Ceres’ scientific advisory board, created a process that use nanoparticles — objects about one-tenth the size of a red blood cell — to latch on to HGH and make the hormone detectable by existing equipment. read more

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Charles West’s home court in early January, the Warrenton girls basketball team matched the hosts in a 12-12 first quarter. West center Bri Baldwin finished with 17 points and six blocks and the hosts won the Gateway Athletic Conference North game 49-33. On Monday in the opening round of the Class 4 District 7 Tournament at West, the hosts weren’t in a good mood after losing their last three regular season games. Baldwin, who returned quickly after a mid-season injury, led all scorers with 11 points and West (17-10) ended Warrenton’s season 54-17. When senior Kelsey Luecke was lost with an injury 11 games into the season, Warrenton had to thrust sophomore Ashley Schroeder into a bigger role sooner that Woodruff would have liked. read more

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