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For decades women have taken a discreet visit to the bathroom to carry out a ‘pee on a stick’ pregnancy test.
In fact, urine has been used to determine if a woman is expecting for more than 3,000 years.
But the method could soon become obsolete – thanks to scientists who have finally cracked the secret of how to test for pregnancy using saliva alone.
The ‘SaliStick’, the world’s first saliva-based pregnancy test, is set to go on sale in High Street shops next year, costing about £8.
Last night Guy Krief, co-founder of Israel-based maker Salignostics, said it would enable couples to go through the experience of taking a pregnancy test together for the first time.
The ‘SaliStick’, the world’s first saliva-based pregnancy test, is set to go on sale in High Street shops next year, costing about £8
He added: ‘The concept is so modern and so different to the current way of doing things.’
First, the woman places the foam-tipped stick in her mouth for a few moments, much as one would do with a thermometer.
Then she transfers it to a plastic tube, where a biochemical reaction takes place, with a result given in less than ten minutes.
Mr Krief said surveys indicated the method would be popular, with 70 per cent of women
