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How do pregnancy tests work? - Tien Nguyen

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Over-the-counter pregnancy tests give potentially life-changing results with a pretty high rate of accuracy. But how do they work? Tien Nguyen explains how each test performs a scientifically rigorous, multi-stage experiment that goes from start to finish in the time that it’ll take you to watch this video.

Which of the following is not true about human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)?

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  • Educator Tien Nguyen
  • Director Andrew Foerster
  • Artist Mike Ellis
  • Narrator Susan Zimmerman

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