{"id":3028,"date":"2015-07-17T08:45:09","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T08:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3028"},"modified":"2024-02-22T18:05:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T18:05:05","slug":"colour-changing-condoms-for-stis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/colour-changing-condoms-for-stis\/","title":{"rendered":"Colour Changing Condoms for STIs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Three school boys in London have come up with an idea that will see condoms change colours if they come into contact with an STI. \u00a0This is a great idea, although still to be tested to see if it could actually work.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/condoms-2-1024x518.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7734\" width=\"768\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/condoms-2-1024x518.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/condoms-2-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/condoms-2-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/condoms-2-1536x777.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/condoms-2-2048x1036.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The boys came up with the winning idea for the TeenTech awards in the healthcare section. &nbsp;They were concerned about the number of new diagnosis of STIs each year, and want the condom surface to react if it detects an STI. &nbsp;They are now working on a prototype, and the idea has caught the interest of one of the big contraception companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, most instant tests need an additional chemical to be added to a sample to run the test. &nbsp;So the science to provide a change of colour if an STI is found exists. &nbsp;However how this will work with a condom is still being investigated. &nbsp;If these are in a condom they need to be safe to use in the human body, and not damage the condom. &nbsp;There also needs to be a way to check to see which partner has the infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further studies also need to be done on whether people would want to use a condom which might tell them they had an STI just after intercourse. &nbsp;If people are scared of being found out then they &nbsp;will not use the condom, but it might encourage more people to get tested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three school boys in London have come up with an idea that will see condoms change colours if they come into contact with an STI. \u00a0This is a great idea, although still to be tested to see if it could actually work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[1223,1086,989,925,655,916,571,705,1912],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3028"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3028"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7735,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3028\/revisions\/7735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3028"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=3028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}