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1National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health, Building 31, Room 3B11, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892-2128, USA. judyv@ncrr.nih.gov
Abstract:
The home pregnancy test works by measuring human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) hormone in urine. This hormone was initially studied in NICHD intramural laboratories as a reliable marker of certain tumors. Refinement of the assay for hCG detection to enhance specificity enabled its ready application to pregnancy detection.
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