Ethical considerations in anti-doping analysis

“Everyone who participates in the effort to deter cheating, through education, research or the process of collection, testing and adjudication, is in a position to support honorable athletes in their pursuit of excellence.” It’s helpful to remember why laboratories will be analyzing samples of urine and blood at the 2012 London Olympic Games: to give honest athletes – those who are not using banned biomedical performance enhancers – a fair chance to compete and win. Deterring those who would otherwise be tempted to cheat and catching those who do are essential components of the current anti-doping strategy. But we should...