UK femcare-turned-gynaecological-health startup, Daye, has expanded its tampon-based home screening service to add STI testing. The startup is billing this "non-invasive screening" service for sexually transmitted infections as a "world first". The "STI Diagnostic Tampon" service uses Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing tech to detect the presence of pathogens.
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