Pune lab launches HPV self-sampling kit for cervical cancer screening

Pune, Oct 5 (UNI) Pune-based GreenArray Labs has launched CerviSense, a vaginal self-sampling kit aimed at making cervical cancer screening more accessible to women. The kit allows women to collect samples themselves without a speculum for examination. The samples are subsequently tested in laboratories for high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV), which is associated with most cervical cancer cases. A study published in Frontiers in Medical Technology in September 2025, comparing 203 self-collected and clinician-collected samples, reported 98 per cent sensitivity and 99.4 per cent specificity for HPV detection using the self-sampling method, said the release. A five-year multicentre study involving 12,373…