The Future of Kidney Transplants?

Artificial Implantable Kidney

Could this become the new face of kidney transplants or at least an alternative to dialysis? If so, that would be amazing! 

"Scientists have announced that they have developed the first ever implantable artificial kidney that can be powered by the human body’s circulatory system. This could one day replace the current medical procedures of kidney donation and dialysis. The device was developed by a consortium of 10 different research teams, lead by a University of California-San Fransisco scientist.
Currently the device is as large as a room, although fabrication processes used to make silicon chips could conceivably be used to make coffee-cup-sized devices, which could take thousands of people off dialysis machines or kidney-donor waiting lists."

Details: http://thetechjournal.com/science/scientists-develop-first-ever-artificial-implantable-kidney.xhtml#ixzz1YCtM7zak

http://thetechjournal.com/science/scientists-develop-first-ever-artificial-implantable-kidney.xhtml

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Great Article About Kidney Donors

I came across a great article about the effects of having only one kidney after donation.

The article is about a study release by Dr. Dorry Segev, M.D., PhD and his team at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

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Renal Friendly Fudge Recipe

Great renal friendly fudge recipe:
http://www.davita.com/recipes/desserts/easy-low-phosphorus-fudge/a/293

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