How Do Pregnancy Tests Work?
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Reactions Science Videos | May 7, 2019
There are many ways to find out if you’re pregnant. One is to wait and see. For those of us who are a little less patient, there’s the take-home chemistry kit known as a pregnancy test. But how do a little strip of paper and a few drops of urine tell you whether or not you’ve got a bun in the oven?
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Compound Interest: How do pregnancy tests work?
New discoveries on the biology and detection of human chorionic gonadotropin
Detection of Early Pregnancy Forms of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin by Home Pregnancy Test Devices
The Long Gestation of the Modern Home Pregnancy Test
Home and Point of Care Pregnancy Tests
The hCG assay or pregnancy test
Lateral flow tests
Strips of Hope: Accuracy of Home Pregnancy Tests and New Developments
CHIME proteins
Home and Point of Care Pregnancy Tests A Review 3
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