Test breakthrough in cervical cancer fight

IRISH scientists have developed a new test which can save lives by more accurate identification of women at risk of developing cervical cancer.

They are hoping to get funding to carry out further research into the disease, which kills dozens of Irish women every year.

The research team at Trinity College Dublin, led by pathology professor John O’Leary, has identified a number of genetic abnormalities in cervical smears which can be factors in the onset of the cancer.