Champaign scientist indicted in BALCO investigation

SAN FRANCISCO – Champaign scientist Patrick Arnold was indicted Thursday for allegedly supplying BALCO with the performance-enhancing drug known as "the Clear."

A federal grand jury accused Arnold of conspiring with Bay Area Laboratory-Cooperative founder Victor Conte to illegally distribute the once-undetectable substance tetrahydragestrinone.

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