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Student develops rapid, pain-free home test for cervical cancer

A new test designed to detect cervical cancer by identifying HPV strains in menstrual blood has been developed by a student in London. Named Papcup, this device could potentially replace painful smear tests and delivers results in just 15 minutes. The test was created by Sânziana Foia, a postgraduate bioengineering student at Imperial College London. Traditional smear tests require an…
Ben Kemp
July 1, 2024