Biotechnology

New Device Measures Blood Viscosity

Published in Blood Weekly, September 7th, 2000

Pharmaceutical and medical researchers will soon be able to measure for the first time the viscosity or thickness of unadulterated human blood with accuracy and ease, using a new device - a viscometer - reported in the August 2000 issue of the Review of Scientific Instruments.

"By measuring the physical parameters of blood flow and not just the chemical composition, we're opening the door to a radically different perspective on human disease, particularly atherosclerosis," says Kenneth R. Kensey, MD, cardiologist and co-author of the journal article. "Medical science has focused almost exclusively on the chemical composition of blood, such as cholesterol and...

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