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Doping: a paradigm shift has taken place in testing

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In his Commentary 'The science of doping' (Nature 454, 692–693; 2008), Donald Berry claims that anti-doping tests are based on flawed statistics. Your Editorial 'A level playing field?' (Nature 454, 667; 2008) goes even further in concluding that the anti-doping authorities act unscientifically. These claims neglect an abundant body of literature and ignore the paradigm shift that has taken place in anti-doping science.

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    Pierre-Edouard Sottas, Christophe Saudan & Martial Saugy

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Sottas, PE., Saudan, C. & Saugy, M. Doping: a paradigm shift has taken place in testing. Nature 455, 166 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/455166a

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