It could be available in the next nine months.
On average, women seven years after they start to experience symptoms to be diagnosed with endometriosis.
Until now, the only definitive way to diagnose endometriosis has been via laparoscopy – a type of keyhole surgery where a camera is inserted into the pelvis to look at internal organs. They hope the test will be available privately in the next nine months at a cost of £250 but it could be available on the NHS in the future.
The group are creating test kits for laborites across the UK, similar to the ones they have already created for prostate cancer.
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