Hormones Current Affairs, GK & News

Australia cricket board launches transgender and gender diverse policy

In a path-breaking move, Cricket Australia has recently launched new transgender inclusive policy to ensure transgender and gender-diverse people can take part in the game at the highest level in Australia. The move aligns in accordance with the International Cricket Council’s (ICC’s) gender recognition policy and gender diversity guidelines. The policy sets out a testosterone ..

Topics: Gender • Hormones • Testosterone • Transgender • Transgender people in sports

Doping Substances

There are several classed of illegal / banned drugs used in doping and most of them are either stimulants or hormones. Anabolic steroids / Androgenic Substances These are the most commonly used doping substances and refer to the drugs that resemble testosterone, a hormone which is produced in the testes of males and, to a much lesser ..

Topics: Anabolic steroid • Biological passport • Blood doping • Branches of biology • Doping in sport • Drugs in sport • Eli Lilly and Company • Erythropoietin • Growth factors • Growth hormone • Hormones • Peptide hormones