Cobalt speeds us up and slows us down - blood doping

I know this sounds illegal but read what this does.
http://www.rosincerate.com/2015/06/cobalt-speeds-us-up-and-slows-us-down.html
Blood doping

Cobalt salts such as cobalt chloride can apparently be used to boost athletic performance. When dissolved into our body liquids, cobalt ions activate a molecular pathway that is otherwise turned on when our tissues aren't getting enough oxygen (i.e. hypoxia). This pathway leads to increased production of the protein erythropoietin (EPO), which in turn acts to increase the number of red blood cells available to move oxygen around our bodies (erythropoiesis). So cobalt essentially tricks our body into making more red blood cells. While cobalt salts have been explored as a means of treating anemia (not having enough red blood cells), it appears that some athletes and horse trainers are using it to try and gain an advantage. The deliberate enhancement of red blood cell numbers for purposes other than healing is known as blood doping. This can facilitate things like running really fast or far by ensuring there is more oxygen to support the involved muscles. As it hasn't been well studied, it's not clear exactly how much of an impact cobalt has on athletic performance. Nevertheless, cobalt salts are cheap, easy to acquire, and don't need to be injected, so their non-medical use is expected to continue.

Sounds a hell of a lot cheaper and easier than using HBOT. What do we need to do to get a research scientist to prove this one way or the other? Would this be enough to save the damaged neurons from going down the drain? Or will this fall thru the cracks like every other research idea of stroke in the last 50 years? Proving once again that we can't wait for that great stroke association to get going.