Beta Test: Colorado researchers studying blood flow outside the body

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<p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">Blood flows through a network of small channels, about the size of a human hair, under conditions that mimic those of blood vessels in the body.</span></p>
Blood microchip
Blood flows through a network of small channels, about the size of a human hair, under conditions that mimic those of blood vessels in the body.

So Keith Neeves, a researcher at the Colorado School of Mines, has developed a microchip that allows doctors to see how blood behaves while it’s flowing.

The technology holds promise for helping doctors dramatically improve treatment for people with blood disorders, which can cause heart attacks, strokes, kidney failure, miscarriage and other serious and potentially fatal problems.

Neeves spoke with Colorado Matters host Ryan Warner.