3 ms·

I wonder if we will see this being used in professional sport?

• yorwba 7y ago
  The Finnish skier Eero Mäntyranta probably owed much of his success to his polycythemia, significantly increasing the number of red blood cells and thus the oxygen-carrying capacity of his blood. Since red blood cells are produced in the bone marrow, a transplant could be used to deliberately induce polycythemia. However, a quick search for bone marrow transplants for polycythemia yielded only results about curing the disease with transplants. Probably not a great idea, especially considering it would likely be considered a form of doping and get banned.
• jeffnappi 7y ago
  The procedure to get a bone marrow transplant is horrific. It involves incredibly painful procedures combined with necessary immune system suppression.
  • fiftyacorn 7y ago
    They dont need to get the proceedure - they just need to get a medical record of the procedure. Anyway nothing surprises me the lengths professional athletes will go to to win
  • lrhegeba 7y ago
    just as with blood doping, if an athlete would use his own bone marrow there is no need for immune suppression medication.