Archive · 4 Sep 2025
India's Sports Minister Praises Anti-Doping Breakthrough
The Indian Sports Minister, Mansukh Mandaviya, is happy about a new tool to catch athletes using the banned steroid Methandienone.
Scientists at NDTL developed a special material that helps find this steroid even if an athlete stopped using it a while ago.
This material will be shared with labs globally.
The new material, developed with NIPER Guwahati, extends the time frame for detecting the steroid.
The goal is to make sports fairer and more accurate in testing.
This material will improve the detection of Methandienone, an anabolic steroid often abused by athletes.
Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya lauded NDTL's anti-doping efforts.
NDTL developed a new Methandienone long-term metabolite.
The material will extend the detection window for the steroid.
The metabolite was developed in collaboration with NIPER Guwahati.
The material will be shared with WADA-accredited labs.
- Who
- Mansukh Mandaviya and NDTL
- What
- NDTL developed a new reference material, a long-term metabolite, for detecting Methandienone.
- When
- September 4, 2025
- Where
- India
- Why
- To improve the accuracy of anti-doping tests.
- Minister
- Mansukh Mandaviya
- Organization
- NDTL
- Collaboration
- NDTL and NIPER Guwahati
- Material
- Methandienone long-term metabolite
- Purpose
- Enhance anti-doping testing accuracy
- Detection
- Methandienone use
- Sharing
- With WADA-accredited labs worldwide
Sources
NDTL develops new metabolite for greater accuracy in dope testing
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