These new tools to treat anemia in patients allowed athletes to increase their time-to-exhaustion through illicit and dangerous use of the drug.ĭr. However, while the team at Amgen aimed to restore anemic patients to better but still-below-average red blood cell counts, athletes were using the drug to boost red blood cell counts beyond normal, thereby increasing the amount of oxygen delivered to their muscles. Not only did Amgen successfully clone the EPO gene, they also found ways to manufacture and deliver rHuEpo into the body. Red blood cells contain hemoglobin, a molecule that carries and releases oxygen throughout the body.īy boosting red blood cell production, the team aimed to help cancer patients with chemotherapy-induced anemia and chronic kidney disease patients, who also can suffer from anemia. The ultimate goal was to develop medications to treat anemia (low red blood cell levels) by stimulating erythropoiesis (the process by which red blood cells are produced) with rHuEPO. Steve Elliott, successfully cloned the erythropoietin (EPO) gene in the early 1980’s and developed manufacturing methods for recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO). Fighting Anemia with EPOĪ team at Amgen, including PCC Scientific Advisory Board Member Dr. If you know someone working in one of these realms, let them know there could be anti-doping research funding available for them. We want to shine a light on the breadth of anti-doping work, so we’ve selected a number of areas with potentially surprising crossover. However, outside of anti-doping circles, many researchers don’t realize how broad the space truly is-and how their research may apply.

To keep up with the work of Crossover Athletics, please follow our Instagram account, learn more about One Hundred Shares-Dallas, you can visit their website here.The Partnership for Clean Competition funds more than 70% of the world’s anti-doping research, so when it comes to the field, we’ve seen almost everything. “We have not only been blessed financially through this organization but also spiritually as we have over 100 new prayer partners to push forward this work.” “While we are thrilled to receive the funding for Crossover Athletics, one of the most encouraging aspects of the application process was how intentional each of the women of One Hundred Shares-Dallas were to pray with us,” remarked Executive Director, Jonathan Fechner. Through the generosity of One Hundred Shares-Dallas, Crossover Athletics will be able to expand the number of kids we serve, deepen relationships through discipleship curriculum, and advance the skills of our boys and girls as they excel not only spiritually but athletically as well. One Hundred Shares-Dallas is a Christ-centered 501(c)(3) organization that awards financial grants to Christian non-profit ministries in the greater Dallas area who serve people in need and proclaim the Gospel.Ĭrossover Athletics has been one of the ministries of BridgeBuilders for nearly ten years, but has been reduced to a much smaller version over the past few years due to difficult circumstances. BridgeBuilders is excited to announce that we are the recipients of a $50,000 grant for Crossover Athletics from One Hundred Shares-Dallas!

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