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unusual facts about swab


Government Post Graduate College, Swabi

To overcome the difficulties of the students of Swabi, the government of West Pakistan opened an Inter College in 1962, which was later on upgraded to degree level in 1964.


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Biological dark matter

According to research by US virologist Nathan Wolfe, 20% of the genetic material in a typical human nasal swab is biological dark matter that cannot be attributed to any of the existing categories of living organisms on Earth.

Cardiac marker

However, in 2010, research at the Baylor College of Medicine revealed that, using diagnostic nanochips and a swab of the cheek, cardiac biomarker readings from saliva can, with the ECG readings, determine within minutes whether someone is likely to have had a heart attack.


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