The Invention of the Home Pregnancy Test

English - February 29, 2016 05:39 - 13.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 44 ratings
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We love a good backstory to a scientific invention that is ubiquitous today. Meet the women who got pregnancy tests out of labs and into homes.

In the episode:

Audrey Peattie

Margaret Crane

Gloria Allen

Special thanks to Dr. Jesse Olszynko-Gryn (University of Cambridge), whose research provided the basis for this piece.

This episode was brought to us by the podcast Mother, produced by Amy Gastelum and Anne Noyes Saini.