Posted on 05/28/2025 5:47:07 AM PDT by Red Badger
The MenstruAI app analyzes the image to detect even subtle changes in color intensity, translating them into readable health insights.
Colour changes on the sanitary towel can be interpreted by eye or photographed with a smartphone and evaluated directly in the app. The prototype has a dot with a control dot on the test strip for each biomarker.
Lucas Dosnon and Josef Kuster / ETH Zurich (AI-generated)
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A new technology developed at ETH Zurich is transforming a long-overlooked source of medical data — menstrual blood — into a powerful health-monitoring tool.
Dubbed MenstruAI, this innovative system integrates a non-electronic sensor into a sanitary towel, allowing users to analyze biomarkers in their menstrual blood using just a smartphone photo and a dedicated app.
Lucas Dosnon, the study’s first author, refers to the lack of research on menstrual blood as a “systemic lack of interest in women’s health.”
“To date, menstrual blood has been regarded as waste. We are showing that it is a valuable source of information,” he adds.
Menstrual blood contains hundreds of proteins, many of which correlate with concentrations in venous blood. Among these are biomarkers linked to inflammatory diseases and cancers, including C-reactive protein (CRP), a general marker for inflammation, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), often elevated in cancer, and CA-125, associated with ovarian cancer and endometriosis.
As simple as a COVID test
At the core of MenstruAI is a paper-based test strip, similar in principle to rapid COVID-19 tests. Instead of saliva, it analyzes menstrual blood. The pad contains a small silicone chamber housing the test strip, which reacts to specific proteins by changing color — the darker the color, the higher the concentration of the biomarker.
Users simply wear the pad, then take a photo of the used sensor with a smartphone. The MenstruAI app, powered by machine learning, analyzes the image to detect even subtle changes in color intensity, translating them into readable health insights.
“The app also recognises subtle differences, such as the amount of proteins present, and makes the result objectively measurable,” explains Dosnon.
Following a successful feasibility study, the team is preparing a larger field study involving over 100 participants to test the technology under real-world conditions. Researchers will assess how biomarker concentrations vary across the menstrual cycle and among individuals, ensuring clinical relevance and accuracy.
To improve usability and break down psychological barriers, the project team is collaborating with designers from the Zurich University of the Arts. “It’s also about designing the technology in such a way that makes it technically and socially acceptable,” says Inge Herrmann, a professor at the University of Zurich.
Empowering medical care
“Right from the outset, the aim was to develop a solution that can also be used in regions with poor healthcare provision and would be as cost-effective as possible, potentially enabling population-based screening,” says Herrmann.
While it does not deliver definitive diagnoses, MenstruAI can alert users to concerning biomarker levels, encouraging them to seek medical advice. Over time, it could also support long-term health tracking, helping individuals detect trends and understand changes in their bodies.
“When we talk about healthcare, we can’t simply phase out half of humanity,” Herrmann underlines.
“Courageous projects are called for to break down existing patterns of behaviour to ensure that women’s health finally takes the place it deserves,” concludes Dosnon.
The study has been published in Advanced Science.
Sounds like a Gutfeld poop joke.
This will never be made available on the commercial market.
Why?
Because TRANNYS can’t use it............
“Once a month, some women act like men act all the time.”
― Robert A. Heinlein
What about prostate or testicular(if ‘they’ still have them) cancers? Hey, I’m tryin’ to be inclusive here! 🤔
obvious question, when are they going to make a underwear for men’s colon cancer?
I am sorry I could not find a higher resolution image. If someone can find a better one, feel free to post if you like.
Bloody good news!
And they also show “No Pregnancy!”
Just wait until some tranny nutcase shows up at a fertility clinic and claims discrimination because they won’t give HIM a pregnancy test or do an in vitro fertilization for HIM..............
I hope it sends a notice via instagram or something in case she and her friends are not looking down there at the time.
Sure they can, just as they already use more conventional feminine hygiene products as part of their LARP.
And it will never detect anything. { smirk }
WoW - just saw a new cat litter that detects cat diseases in cat urine.
No fake Covid19 test? What about a Covid19 vax?
Impressive!
Or bladder cancer?
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