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H Zankl

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Effects of bleomycin on Down's syndrome lymphocytes in culture.

Blood lymphocytes from 3 Down's syndrome (DS) and 3 age- and sex-matched normal probands were studied for the induction of chromosomal aberrations and sister-chromatid exchange (SCEs). Treatment with bleomycin (30 and 60 ng) at the initiation of culture showed a dose-dependent increase in the incidence of dicentric and ring chromosome aberrations. In contrast, the cells which were treated for the last 24 h in culture with bleomycin did not show an increase in chromosome-type aberrations. The proportion of metaphases in M1, M2, and M3 in cultures was not different between DS and normal cells. Sister-chromatid exchange frequency did not show significant changes between DS and normal individuals.

Bleomycin↗

Methadone screening of racehorses.

The misuse of opiates in racehorses relates to their effect of increasing locomotor activity. Because methadone, a narcotic analgesic, has been suspected of use as a doping compound in the past, it was added to the list of banned drugs and should be considered in doping control. Because the literature fails to provide information on detection of methadone in blood or urine of horses, an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was developed to monitor this narcotic in equine body fluids. Combined with high-performance liquid chromatography, the immunoassay also served to confirm positives indicated by screening. Following intravenous administration of methadone (0.1 mg/kg), the drug was found for up to 24 h in blood but was never identified in urine (10-pg/mL detection limit). Thus, urine is dismissed as a source of methadone control, and the use of blood to screen racehorses for this narcotic analgesic is suggested.

Analgesics↗