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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
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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