Neat News 3384 (added 2025-07-28)
Sanitary towels with sensors

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A method has been developed to analyze menstrual blood by adding non-electronic sensors to sanitary towels. This way it is possible - partly in combination with a mobile phone app - to detect health problems. At present the C-reactive protein (CRP) as a general inflammation marker, the tumour marker CEA that can be elevated in different types of cancer, and CA-125, a protein that may point to endometriosis or ovarian cancer, are tested.
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