Probe could test for cervical cancer

Smear tests for spotting cervical cancers could be replaced by a probe that gives on-the-spot results, scientists claim. As the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk reports, the device, designed by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust http://www.sth.nhs.uk researchers, is the size of a pen and uses electrical currents to scan cells. It should mean that women can get results immediately instead of waiting for weeks as some are doing now, according to the inventors. The British scientists have tested it on around 400 women in the UK.